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Leah Sharibu is in EPC captivity for refusing to renounce her faith.
On February 19, 2018, the Islamic State - West Africa Province (…
Patrick George Zaki was imprisoned for his expression about his religious identity.
On February 7, 2020, authorities arrested Zaki, a graduate student and human rights researcher, at…
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…
Ramy Kamel was detained for his civil rights work and religious freedom advocacy.
On November 23, 2019, security forces arrested Kamel, a human rights activist and founder of the…
Reda Abdel Rahman was detained for his religious belief.
On August 22, 2020, security forces arrested Abdel Rahman, a teacher and َQur'anist blogger, alongside several relatives. A few…
Movsum Samadov was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions and for his political activity.
On January 7, 2011, authorities arrested Samadov, head of the Islamic Party…
Abqul Suleymanov was imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On August 12, 2011, authorities arrested Suleymanov, a religious figure, for allegedly creating an extremist…
Elshan Mustafaoglu was imprisoned for his religious expression and activism.
On December 17, 2014, authorities arrested Mustafaoglu, a Muslim scholar and former department head at the…
Elvin Muradov was imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
On March 13, 2020, Azerbaijani police detained Muradov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Ahsan Nuruzade is imprisoned for his religious association.
On October 6, 2017, two plainclothes officers abducted Nuruzade, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Marco Girgis is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On June 14, 2021, authorities arrested Girgis for having pictures on his phone deemed to be offensive to Islam. During interrogation, he was…
Mounir Samir Mounir was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Mounir and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Raymond Mamdouh William was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested William and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Jayid Saad Zekry was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Zekry and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Milad Mahrous Tawfik was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Tawfik and several other Copts a week after they had…
Abanoub Magdy Semaan was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Semaan and several other Copts a week after they had…
Girgis Samir Girgis was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Girgis and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Shenouda Salib Hosni was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Hosni and several other Copts a week after they had…
Mina Salib Hosni was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Hosni and several other Copts a week after they had peacefully…
Milad Reda Tawfik Ayyad was detained for protesting religious freedom conditions.
On January 30, 2022, authorities arrested Ayyad and several other Copts a week after they…
Razi Humbatov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In July 2021, plainclothes officers arrested Humbatov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) organization, for…
Seymur Mammadov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On September 22, 2022, the Goranboy District Court sentenced Mammadov to nine months in…
Elshan Abbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 3, 2022, plainclothes officers in Barda arrested Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM). Activists…
Shamkhal Eyvazov was detained for his religious activity.
In April 2018, customs officials arrested Eyvazov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), and his brother, Migdad Eyvazov,…
Royal Karimov was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 25, 2022, officers from the Gadabay District State Service for Mobilization and Conscription…
Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo was detained for his religious conversion.
On December 15, 2021, authorities arrested Abdo, a Yemeni refugee, from his Cairo home. Abdo's arrest followed his…
Shahin Gadirov is imprisoned for his religious association.
On November 23, 2022, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Gadirov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), on his…
Hani Gibran was detained for criticizing religious freedom conditions.
On June 4, 2022, police arrested Gibran after he posted about the targeting of the Coptic Christian community on…
Ahmed Mohamed was detained for blasphemy.
On May 9, 2022, security officials arrested Mohamed at his home in a village in the Fayoum Governorate. He reportedly remained forcibly disappeared…
Gubad Ibadoglu is under house arrest in relation to false charges of possessing religious extremist materials.
On July 23, 2023, police arrested world-renowned political economist and civil…
Vusal Alish is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Alish, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others, accusing them of…
Ismayil Ismayilov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Ismayilov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, along with 30 others,…
Rashad Aliyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Aliyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration of…
Elshan Rahimov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Rahimov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a deterioration…
Javid Allahverdiyev is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2023, authorities arrested Allahverdiyev, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement, amid a…
Aslan Gasimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In June 2023, authorities arrested Gasimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a crackdown on…
Khayyam Karimov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In January 2023, authorities arrested Karimov amid a deterioration of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and a…
Said Abdelrazek is detained for his religious conversion and activity.
After converting from Islam to Christianity in 2018, Abdelrazek was subject to various legal, social, and civil…
Maged Zakaria Abdel Rahman is detained for his religious activity.
In September 2025, Egyptian authorities arrested Rahman for expressing his religious beliefs on social media.
Dr. Augustin Samaan is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In October 2025, Egyptian authorities arrested Samaan, a Christian apologist, and charged him with "contempt of Islam" for…
Elgiz Ibrahimov was imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On July 30, 2025, Judge Qalib Pashayev sentenced 19-year-old Ibrahimov to one year of…
Elgiz Mammadov is detained for his religious belief and identity.
On June 10, 2025, authorities detained Mammadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Member (MUM), held him…
Tarlan Sayyadov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities detained Sayyadov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Aghali Yahyayev is imprisoned for his religious leadership role
On August 31, 2023, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Yahyayev, a member of the Board of Directors of the Muslim Unity Movement…
Rufat Safarov is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
On December 3, 2024, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Rufat Safarov, an outspoken critic of the Azerbaijani government’s…
Sherif Gaber is detained for his online expression about religion.
In November 2025, Egyptian authorities arrested Gaber, a well-known atheist and online proponent of secularism, amid larger…
Fadi Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Al-Nahhas is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Nahhas along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Mahmoud Ibrahim Mahmoud Al-Sharnouby is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Sharnouby along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Hussein Mohammed Hassan Al-Tenawi is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Tenawi along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion of…
Mahmoud Abdelmagid Abdelmagid Moaz is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Moaz along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Al-Sayed Othman Mohamad Ghali is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Nahhas along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion…
Hazem Saied Abdel Moatamed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Moatamed along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and…
Hamdy Abd El-Azeem El-Sayed Abdallah is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdallah along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Ali Ahmad Mahmoud Shahat is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Shahat along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace…
Mohammed Adel Mohammed Salah Al-Deeb is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Deeb along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Mohammed Ahmed Ali Abdel-Hameed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdel-Hameed along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Ali Al-Hadari (Ali Salah Ali Salah) is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Al-Hadari along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Othman Al-Gohary Othman Othman is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Othman along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi Religion of…
Mohammed Eissa Rashad Abdelraheem is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Abdelraheem along with over a dozen members of the Ahmadi…
Omar Mahmoud Abdelmaguid Mohamed is detained for his religious association.
In March 2025, Egyptian authorities detained Mohamed along with other members of the Ahmadi Religion…