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Asif Masih is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2017, authorities arrested 16-year-old Masih after he was accused of setting a Qur'an and another religious booklet on fire. A mob…
Patras Masih was detained for blasphemy.
On February 19, 2018, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting a perceived-blasphemous image on Facebook a few days before.…
Aishanjiang Kari is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Kari, a textile trader, amid mass detentions of largely Muslim ethnic minorities in…
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…
Notan Lal was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On September 15, 2019, authorities arrested Lal, the owner and principal of a private…
Adil Tuniyaz is detained for translating religious texts and for his ethnoreligious identity.
On or around December 25, 2017, …
Maruf Gul is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Gul, a Sunni Muslim, after he discussed religious…
Hemdulla Abdurahman is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In January 2019, authorities detained Abdurahman, a retired linguist who previously worked at the Xinjiang Uyghur…
Murtiza Memet is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity.
On an unspecified date believed to have been in 2018, authorities detained Memet for reportedly sending “illegal…
Adil Mijit was detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In November 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained Mijit, a comedian, and sent him to a reeducation…