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Ashraf Fayadh was imprisoned for apostasy.
In August 2013, authorities arrested Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist living in Saudi Arabia, following an altercation with a man in …
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…
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…
Abduqadir is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Abduqadir under unclear circumstances. The uncle of Abduqadir's wife reportedly said that…
Abdueziz Yasin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Yasin under unclear circumstances. Yasin's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were…
Urayim Axun was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, public security officials in Kashgar Konasheher (Shufu) County, Kashgar (Kashi) Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur…
Ershat Abdureshit is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Abdureshit, his brother, and mother and sent…
Erpan Abdureshit is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Abdureshit, his brother, and mother and sent…
Wahap Tursun is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursun and accused him of for "religious extremism" reportedly in relation to his ex-wife wearing…
Dilmurat Emer is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2017, authorities detained Emer and sent him to a "political reeducation" center. Several…
Exmet Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2017, authorities detained Turdi, a wool and hide trader, under unclear circumstances. His arrest…
Abdureshit Turdi is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Turdi amid mass…
Eltekin Imin is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In May 2017, authorities detained Imin and several of his family members and sent them to a "political…
Rustam Nosirov was imprisoned in relation to his religious appearance.
On September 30, 1998, the Chinaz District Court sentenced Nosirov to two years in prison for "intentional infliction…
Anas Hassan was imprisoned for his alleged atheistic activity.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Hassan for allegedly running the Facebook page, "The Egyptian Atheists," and charged him…
Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom for allegedly expressing ideas about atheism online. Prosecutors charged him with…
Tulkun Astanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy and for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On November 22, 2020, authorities arrested Astanov, a religious…