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Ibrahim El Zakzaky was detained for his religious belief, religious activity, and religious leadership role.
On December 12, 2015, authorities arrested El Zakzaky, a Shi'a Muslim…
Zeenah Ibraheem was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On December 12, 2015, authorities arrested Ibraheem and her husband, El Zakzaky, a Shi'a Muslim cleric and leader of the…
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…
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, for allegedly…
Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kabara, a cleric, and charged him with blasphemy and incitement for his allegedly “defamatory…
Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In May 2015, Nigerian authorities arrested Inyass for allegedly saying that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya order to…
Luka Binniyat was detained for his reporting on religious groups and religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2021, authorities arrested Binniyat, a journalist for the Epoch…
Paruru Daeng Tau is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On January 15, 2020, police in South Sulawesi arrested and charged Tau, the head of the Organization for Implementing the Mandate…
Indriyanto is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, police in Probolinggo Regency, East Java, arrested Indriyanto for sharing photos online that were considered offensive…
Doni Irawan Malay is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On August 4, 2020, a court in Medan sentenced Malay to three years in prison for “insulting a religion" or "preventing a person from adhering…
Muhammad Kece is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On August 24, 2021, authorities arrested Kece, a preacher, at his friend’s home in Bali after accusing him of posting videos on…
Apollinaris Darmawan was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on social…
Isma’ila Sani Isah is detained for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Isah in Sokoto State after he was accused of making blasphemous posts against the Prophet Muhammad on…
Rhoda Jatau was detained for blasphemy.
On May 20, 2022, authorities in Bauchi state arrested Jatau after riots broke out in response to a perceived blasphemous message she sent on…
Cepdika Eka Rismana is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On May 5, 2022, police in West Java province arrested Rismana after a video of him stepping on a Qur'an went viral. Authorities…
Roy Suryo was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On August 5, 2022, police arrested Suryo, the former Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, for tweeting out an image of President Joko…
Muhammad Mustafa is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested…
Ali Shaker is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested Shaker…
Gratia Pello was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school…
Lina Lutfiawati is imprisoned for her religious expression.
In May 2023, police charged Lutfiawati with "disseminating information aimed at inflicting hatred or dissension on individuals and…
Ratu Thalisa is imprisoned for their religious expression.
On October 8, 2025, Indonesian authorities arrested Thalisa for making comments about Jesus's appearance that were deemed…
Silfi Latifah is imprisoned for her religious expression.
In May 2022, police officers arrested Latifah for uploading a video to social media of her husband stomping on a Qur'an.…
Obiageri Ottih is detained for her religious activity.
In January 2026, Nigerian "Tiger Base" unit police officers arrested Ottih after some of her family members accused her and her…