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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…
Phan Thanh Tuong was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In late February/early March 2012, authorities arrested Tuong, a member of the Buddhist An Dan Dai Dao religious group, and…
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…
Rejepniyaz Hebibulla is detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business.
In late 2017 or early 2018, authorities detained Hebibulla and sent him to an…
Qurbanjan Abdusemet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business activity.
In 2009, authorities detained Abdusemet and his brother reportedly for…
Rizaydin Abdureshit is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.
In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR…
Emetjan is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.
In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)…
Chen Yu is imprisoned in relation to his religiously oriented business.
On September 13, 2019, public security officials from Linhai City, Taizhou Municipality, Zhejiang Province…
Suleiman Bouhafs was imprisoned for his alleged expression about religion.
On August 25, 2021, three men in a black vehicle abducted Bouhafs – Chairman of the St. Augustine…
Anas Hassan was imprisoned for his alleged atheistic activity.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Hassan for allegedly running the Facebook page, "The Egyptian Atheists," and charged him…
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…
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…
Farid Zirgi Moghaddam is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In August 2019, intelligence agents detained Moghaddam in Birjand reportedly in relation to posts he made about…
Redouane Foufa was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Foufa, a coordinator of religious activities in Bejaia…
Khireddine Ahman was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ahman, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…
Cherif Mohamed Ali was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On June 5, 2022, police in Bejaia detained 24 Ahmadis, including Ali, and reportedly interrogated them for 14 hours…
Yang Jianxin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In early 2021, authorities detained Yang, pastor of a house church, for “conducting illegal business operations” and “…
Chen Lijun is detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 13, 2022, authorities in Luanchuan county, Luoyang municipality, Henan province, detained Chen, a…