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Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee is imprisoned for her activism and criticism of state-endorsed religious interpretations. 

On September 26, 2022, authorities arrested Iraee from her home in…

Ashraf Fayadh was imprisoned for apostasy.

In August 2013, authorities arrested Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist living in Saudi Arabia, following an altercation with a man in …

Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, accused him of using social media to insult or renounce Islam, and charged him…

Hebibulla Tohti is imprisoned for his religious scholarship and ethnoreligious identity.

In March 2017, security personnel in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (…

Mutellip Sidiq Qahiri is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious scholarship.

In or around November 2018, authorities in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur…

Iminjan Seydin is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religious scholarship.

In May 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Seydina,…

Mohammed al-Rabiah is imprisoned for his activism against state imposed religious systems.

On May 15, 2018, authorities arrested al-Rabiah amid a statewide crackdown on women's rights…

Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for his religious expression.

In August 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom for allegedly expressing ideas about atheism online. Prosecutors charged him with…

Hidme Markam was detained for her advocacy work to protect religious sites.

On March 9, 2021, authorities arrested Markam, an Adivasi Indigenous activist known for criticizing state…

Zeynab Jalalian is imprisoned on religiously oriented charges.

In March 2008, security officials violently arrested Jalalian reportedly in relation to her social and political activism for…