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Valeriy Moskalenko was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 2, 2018, authorities detained Moskalenko following a raid on his apartment.
On August…
Dennis Christensen was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 25, 2017, police, including members of the Federal Security Service (FSB), arrested Christensen following a raid…
Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Alam Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On May 17, 2018, security officers detained Aliyev after raiding his home. Authorities accused him of holding…
Khoren Khachikyan was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 27, 2019, authorities arrested Khachikyan following a raid on his home in Ulyanovsk. …
Ilgar Aliyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19/20, 2017, armed forces arrested Aliyev in Izberbash, accusing Aliyev of holding classes…
Renat Suleimanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 2, 2017, authorities arrested Suleimanov following a raid on his home in Molodezhnoe, Crimea.…
Mohammad bin Hassan al-Habib is imprisoned for his religious expression, leadership role, and religious freedom advocacy.
In July 2016, authorities detained al-Habib, a Shi'a cleric, as he…
Nguyen Hoang Nam is imprisoned in relation to his religious affiliation.
On July 24, 2023, authorities arrested Nam after accusing him of posting materials online that undermined…
Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, accused him of using social media to insult or renounce Islam, and charged him…
Deng Chuangjiu was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2017, authorities arrested Deng from his workplace after accusing him of using WeChat to disseminate…
Abdolreza Miraghasi was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In August 2014, authorities arrested Miraghasi reportedly while he was teaching about Erfan-e Halgheh. He was…
Sina Dehghan is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On October 21, 2015, authorities arrested Dehghan, who was 19-year-old at the time, after he…
Mohammad Nouri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In or around October 2015, authorities reportedly arrested Nouri after accusing him of posting anti-Islamic content…
Soheil Arabi was detained in relation to nationwide protests against mandatory religious veiling.
On January 2, 2023, authorities in Tehran arrested Arabi from his home under unclear…
Bolatbek Dyusenbekovich Nurgaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Nurgaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat…
Ernar Samatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Samatov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Beket Mynbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Mynbasov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…
Taimoor Raza is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In April 2016, authorities arrested Raza after he was accused of insulting various Islamic figures on Facebook. …
Shafqat Emmanuel was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2013, authorities arrested Emmanuel and his wife, Shagufta Kausar, for allegedly sending blasphemous texts.…
Nadeem Samson was detained for blasphemy.
On November 24, 2017, authorities arrested Samson after he was accused of committing blasphemy on Facebook following a property dispute. …
Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images…
Noman Asghar is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In June 2019, authorities arrested Asghar and his friend, Sunny Mushtaq, for receiving images deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp…
Patras Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On February 19, 2018, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting a perceived-blasphemous image on Facebook a few days before.…
Mubarak Bala was imprisoned for exercising his freedom of belief.
On April 28, 2020, Kaduna State police arrested Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, from…
Bekzod Bakirov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Bakirov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate people to…
Akhmet Dzhumayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Dzhumayev after accusing him of organizing a meeting…
Gazybek Kubatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Kubatov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Zufar Mustafin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 17, 2017, authorities arrested Mustafin after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Airat Usmanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 17, 2017, authorities arrested Usmanov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Ziyavdin Dapayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2016, authorities arrested Dapayev for reading religious writings of theologian Said Nursi and…
Artur Kaltuyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2017, the Lenin District Court in Makhachkala sentenced Kaltuyev to three years in prison for…
Sukhrab Kaltuyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2016, authorities arrested Kaltuyev for reading religious writings of theologian Said…
Yang Chuanhou was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 3, 2018, authorities arrested Yang and several of his colleagues after accusing them of talking to people…
Wei Zaiqiang was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In December 2016, authorities arrested Wei after accusing him of leaving messages about Falun Gong in public areas. Police…
Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal…
Mehmut Memet is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Uchturpan (Wushi) county, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), detained Memet for…
Zafar Bhatti was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On July 22, 2012, authorities arrested Bhatti, a pastor, after he was accused of sending text messages insulting the Prophet…
Nadeem James is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2016, authorities arrested James after he was accused of forwarding allegedly blasphemous content to a friend.…
Nabeel Masih was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On September 18, 2016, authorities arrested Masih - a minor at the time - after he was accused of posting content on Facebook insulting the Kaaba.…
Sohail Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2020, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting content on Facebook deemed to be blasphemous. Authorities charged…
Liu Wansheng is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In April 2020, authorities arrested Liu after accusing him of publicly talking to people about Falun Gong.
In…
Zheng Weidong was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In October 2018, authorities arrested Zheng from his home following a wave of arrest of Falun Gong practitioners.…
Lhundrub Dorje was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On July 14, 2020, authorities arrested Lhundrub reportedly for sharing images and teachings of the Dalai Lama online…
Danis Abdarakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdarakhmanov after accusing him of being involved in activities…
Ural Abdrakhimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Abdrakhimov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Rustem Abiltarov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Abiltarov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…
Zevri Abseitov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Abseitov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Azat Adiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Adiyev after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…
Muslim Aliyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 11, 2016, security forces arrested Aliyev, the head of the local Muslim community, after raiding his home in…
Inver Bekirov imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Bekirov, a construction worker and guard, following a raid on his home. Bekirov…
Sobirdzhon Burkhoddini is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Burkhoddini after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Vadim Davletbayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19, 2017, authorities arrested Davletbayev for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Ruzim Davletshin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Davletshin after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…
Sergei Derzhipilsky is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Derzhipilsky after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Arsen Dzhepparov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Ruslan Fatkullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 27, 2018, authorities arrested Fatkullin after accusing him of being involved in activities of the…
Ruslan Gabidullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Timur Gadiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19, 2017, authorities arrested Gadiyev for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…
Renat Galimov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 24, 2018, authorities arrested Galimov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Ural Galiyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Galiyev for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…
Azat Gataullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Gataullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Anas Gimazetdinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Gimazetdinov after being accused of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Rishat Girfanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Girfanov after accusing him of being a member of the …
Khamid Igamberdyev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Igamberdyev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Sukhrob Ironov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 19, 2015, authorities arrested Ironov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Otabek Isomadinov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Isomadinov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Vadim Khabirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 19, 2017, authorities arrested Khabirov after accusing him of leading activities for the banned Hizb ut-…
Asgat Khafizov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Khafizov after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents…
Rafis Khalilov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 27, 2018, authorities arrested Khalilov after accusing him of being involved in activities of the…
Rinat Khannanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Khannanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Pavel Khevronin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Khevronin after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…
Aziz Khidirbayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Khidirbayev after accusing him of being a member of the…
Naimdjon Khodjayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 19, 2015, authorities arrested Khodjayev after accusing him of being a member of the …
Alisher Khusenov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 19, 2015, authorities arrested Khusenov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Farid Kryev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Kryev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Emir-Usein Kuku is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Kuku, a member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group, following a raid on…
Danil Kunakbayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kunakbayev after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Mirzobakhovaddin Kurbonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 22, 2015, authorities arrested Kurbonov after accusing him of being a member of the …
Bulat Makhmutov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 27, 2016, authorities arrested Makhmutov in Kazan after accusing him of being involved in the banned…
Farrukh Mamayusupov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Mamayusupov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Enver Mamutov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Mamutov after accusing him of leading a cell of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…
Komil Matiev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Matiev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Remzi Memetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On May 12, 2016, authorities arrested Memetov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…
Batyr Mukhametov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Mukhametov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Irek Mukhametov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 17, 2017, authorities arrested Mukhametov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Abdukakhor Mumindzhanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Mumindzhanov after accusing him of being a member of the …
Artyom Naumov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 9, 2017, authorities arrested Naumov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir organization.…
Eduard Nizamov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 10, 2018, authorities arrested Nizamov after accusing him of being the leader of a network of cells for the…
Farkhod Nodirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Nodirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Zafar Nodirov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Nodirov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Akmalchon Numonchonov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 19, 2015, authorities arrested Numonchonov after accusing him of being a member of the …
Alidzhon Odinayev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 6, 2016, authorities arrested Odinayev after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Bulat Rakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19, 2017, authorities arrested Rakhmanov for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Ruslan Rakhmatullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 20, 2017, authorities arrested Rakhmatullin for allegedly being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Zulfat Sabirzyanov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Sabirzyanov after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Ilnaz Safiullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2017, authorities arrested Safiullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Lenar Saitov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 14, 2014, authorities arrested Saitov after raiding his home and confiscating computers and documents.…
Ilgiz Salakhov is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 25, 2014, authorities arrested Salakhov after accusing him of organizing a cell of the banned Hizb ut-…