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Nikita Zhuravel is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On May 20, 2023, authorities in the Volgograd region arrested 19-year-old Zhuravel after he allegedly posted a video online of himself burning…
Raja Amir was detained for blasphemy.
In August 2023, police arrested Amir after rumors circulated alleging that he and his brother tore pages from a Quran and wrote derogatory comments on…
Said Abdelrazek is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On July 6 , 2023, authorities in Ulyanovsk detained Abdelrazek, an Egyptian citizen, after he posted a video of himself trampling a Qur'an,…
Anwar Kenneth is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…
Ishtiaq Saleem is detained for blasphemy.
On November 29, 2022, authorities in Islamabad arrested Saleem after he was accused of sharing content perceived as blasphemous on social media.…
Mykhailo Britsyn was detained for his religious leadership role.
In September 2022, Russian military detained Britsyn, a pastor, in Russian-occupied Melitopol, Ukraine, during a religious…
Mykhailo Reznikov was disappeared in relation to his religious leadership role.
On March 9, 2022, Russian military forces detained Reznikov, a Baptist pastor, in Russian-occupied Mariupol…
Ashok Kumar is detained for blasphemy.
On or around August 21, 2022, police in Hyderabad arrested Kumar, a sanitation worker, after he was accused of burning a Qur'an. A first information…
Abdullah Fareed is detained for blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Fareed and his brother, Asif Fareed, after they were accused of burning pieces of the Qur'an and other…
Asif Fareed is detained for blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Fareed and his brother, Abdullah Fareed, after they were accused of burning pieces of the Qur'an and other…