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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 (…
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…
Nazim Abdrakhmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdrakhmanov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…
Samat Adilov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Adilov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.
On…
Zhasulan Iskakov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Iskakov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Esim Suleimenov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Suleimenov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Azamat Umbetaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Umbetaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…
Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Taurbekov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…
Dilmurat Sultanmuratovich Makhamatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On December 19, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Makhamatov after reportedly forcing…
Galymzhan Abilkairov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Abilkairov reportedly following an investigation into sermons he…
Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On February 18, 2017, Kazakh authorities arrested Abduzhabbarov, an imam, after extraditing him from Saudi…
Nariman Seytzhanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 15, 2017, authorities arrested Seytzhanov reportedly over a meeting he had in a coffeeshop in…
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)…
Dadash Mazhenov was imprisoned for posting online religious content.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Mazhenov in relation to posts he made online containing religious sermons in 2015…
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…
Anatoli Zernichenko is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 15, 2021, authorities in Arys arrested Zernichenko for posting religious texts on Instagram and…
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…
Daniil Smal was detained for refusing to serve in the military on religious grounds.
On May 17, 2023, conscription authorities summoned Smal to the district conscription office of Rudny,…
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…
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…
Yakov Vorontsov is detained for his religious expression and leadership role.
In February 2026, authorities arrested Vorontsov, a priest of an unregistered Orthodox church, during a…
Bekzat Maksutkhan is detained for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Maksutkhan and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…
Kuandyk Koszhanov is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Koszhanov and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…
Margulan Nurdangazy is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurdangazy and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…
Yerkinbek Nurakyn is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurakyn and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…
Batylbek Baikazy is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Baikazy and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest…
Bakytzhan Shugyl is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Shugyl and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest…
Yerbol Nurlybaev is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Nurlybaev and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's…
Tursynbek Kabi is imprisoned for his religious freedom advocacy.
In November 2025, Kazakh officials arrested Kabi and 18 other human rights activists for protesting China's arrest of a…