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Irfan Mehraj is detained for his human rights work and journalism for vulnerable religious communities.

On March 20, 2023, authorities with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested…

Abdul Rashid Dawoodi is detained in relation to his religious leadership role.

On or around September 16, 2022, police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested Dawoodi, a cleric and founder of the…

Khaled Al-Rashed is imprisoned for his religious expression and association.

In the mid 2000s, authorities arrested Al-Rashed, a reformist cleric. According to Alkarama, Al-Rashed was…

Abdul Majeed Al-Arkani is imprisoned for his religious expression and activity.

In 2020, authorities arrested Al-Arkani, an imam, for communicating with prominent Turkish figure Yasin…

Atikur Rahman was detained in relation to his religious identity, social work for religious communities, and for protesting religious freedom conditions.

On October 5, 2020, authorities…

Saleh Al Talib is imprisoned for expressing religious views criticizing government policies.

In August 2018, authorities arrested Talib, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, following a…

Jagtar Singh Johal is detained for his religious belief and for documenting religious freedom violations.

On November 4, 2017, 15 unidentified men in Rama Mandi, Jalandhar, Punjab,…

Mohammed Zubair was detained for his expression about religion and in relation to his reporting on religious freedom conditions.

On June 27, 2022, Delhi police arrested Zubair, co-founder…

Rupesh Singh is detained in relation to his reporting on religious and marginalized communities.

On July 17, 2022, police in the Ramgarh district of eastern Jharkhand state arrested Singh…

Abdullah Basfar is imprisoned in relation to his religious activity.

In August 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Basfar, who is an imam, professor, famous Qur’an reciter, and former…