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Rohan Ahmad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of sharing on WhatsApp religious content deemed blasphemous. Authorities…
Hafiz Tariq Shehzad is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2020, authorities arrested Shehzad after accusing him of sharing perceived blasphemous materials. Authorities charged…
Muhammad Hashmi is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Hashmi after his bail was revoked. He was initially arrested on June 20, 2019, after he was…
Danish Ali was detained for blasphemy.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ali after he was accused of insulting to the Qur’an and the Prophet Muhammad during an argument with his…
Elvin Muradov was imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
On March 13, 2020, Azerbaijani police detained Muradov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Ahsan Nuruzade is imprisoned for his religious association.
On October 6, 2017, two plainclothes officers abducted Nuruzade, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM)…
Uzeir Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On October 12, 2016, Russian security forces arrested Abdullayev and several others after raiding their homes…
Aneeqa Ateeq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Ateeq after she was accused of circulating sketches of religious figures and other…
Maksim Puygin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 6, 2016, authorities arrested Puygin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Refat Alimov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Alimov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization…
Ibrahim Shavkatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Shavkatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Marco Girgis is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On June 14, 2021, authorities arrested Girgis for having pictures on his phone deemed to be offensive to Islam. During interrogation, he was…
Muhammad Akbar is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In 2019, authorities arrested Akbar after he was accused of burning papers containing Qur'anic texts. The accusations were spurred after…
Waseem Abbas is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2020, authorities arrested Abbas after he was accused of sending written letters insulting Islam.
…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…
Indriyanto is imprisoned for his religious expression.
In March 2020, police in Probolinggo Regency, East Java, arrested Indriyanto for sharing photos online that were considered offensive…
Doni Irawan Malay is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On August 4, 2020, a court in Medan sentenced Malay to three years in prison for “insulting a religion" or "preventing a person from adhering…
Muhammad Kece is imprisoned for his religious expression.
On August 24, 2021, authorities arrested Kece, a preacher, at his friend’s home in Bali after accusing him of posting videos on…
Apollinaris Darmawan was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In August 2020, Bandung police arrested Darmawan after he was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam on social…
Fansan Shahid is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In March 2022, authorities arrested Shahid at his home after he was accused of posting a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Authorities charged…
Ibtisam Mustafa is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Mustafa over blasphemy-related accusations.
In July 2021, an anti-terrorism court in…
Qaiser Zada is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Zada after Zada was accused of burning a copy of the Qur'an and beaten by a mob. Authorities charged Zada…
Asif Fareed is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Fareed and his brother, Abdullah Fareed, after they were accused of burning pieces of the Qur'an and…
Abdullah Fareed is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Fareed and his brother, Asif Fareed, after they were accused of burning pieces of the Qur'an and…
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…
Noushin Jafari was imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2019, authorities arrested Jafari, a photojournalist and culture reporter, after accusing her of running a Twitter account that…
Parizad Hamidi Shafagh is imprisoned on blasphemy-related charges.
In February 2020, intelligence agents arrested Shafagh reportedly in relation to her social media activities.
In…
Shakila Monfared is imprisoned for blasphemy.
In August 2020, security forces arrested Monfared as she was leaving home, reportedly in relation to her social media activism.
In…
Isma’ila Sani Isah is detained for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Isah in Sokoto State after he was accused of making blasphemous posts against the Prophet Muhammad on…
Razi Humbatov is imprisoned for his religious association.
In July 2021, plainclothes officers arrested Humbatov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM) organization, for…
Yusef Mehrdad was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Mehrdad from his home in Ardabil after accusing him and others of being a member of…
Seyyed Sadrullah Fazeli Zare was imprisoned and executed on blasphemy-related charges.
In May 2020, authorities arrested Zare after accusing him and others of being a member of a Telegram…
Ashok Kumar is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2022, police in Hyderabad arrested Kumar, a sanitation worker, after he was accused of burning a Qur'an. A first information report (…
Mohammad Chegini is detained for his religious association.
On August 24, 2022, authorities arrested Mohammad Chegini in Kerman under unclear circumstances.
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…
Rhoda Jatau was detained for blasphemy.
On May 20, 2022, authorities in Bauchi state arrested Jatau after riots broke out in response to a perceived blasphemous message she sent on…
Elshan Abbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 3, 2022, plainclothes officers in Barda arrested Abbasov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM). Activists…
Shamkhal Eyvazov was detained for his religious activity.
In April 2018, customs officials arrested Eyvazov, a member of the Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), and his brother, Migdad Eyvazov,…
Cepdika Eka Rismana is imprisoned for blasphemy.
On May 5, 2022, police in West Java province arrested Rismana after a video of him stepping on a Qur'an went viral. Authorities…
Roy Suryo was imprisoned for blasphemy.
On August 5, 2022, police arrested Suryo, the former Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, for tweeting out an image of President Joko…
Abdulbaqi Saeed Abdo was detained for his religious conversion.
On December 15, 2021, authorities arrested Abdo, a Yemeni refugee, from his Cairo home. Abdo's arrest followed his…
Farit Sharifullin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Sharifullin after accusing him of organizing and participating in…
Marsel Gimaliev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In February 2020, authorities arrested Gimaliev after accusing him of organizing and participating in…
Faezeh Abdipour was detained in relation to her religious association and activity.
On November 22, 2022, authorities arrested Abdipour in Gorgan under unclear circumstances. Her…
Shahin Gadirov is imprisoned for his religious association.
On November 23, 2022, Azerbaijani authorities arrested Gadirov, a member of the unregistered Muslim Unity Movement (MUM), on his…
Ruslan Suleimanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Suleimanov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…
Yashar Muyedinov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Muyedinov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…
Rustem Sheikhaliev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Sheikhaliev, a citizen journalist from the Crimean Solidarity movement,…
Osman Arifmemetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Arifmemetov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean…
Akim Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bekirov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…
Seytveli Seytabdiyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytabdiyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…
Rustem Seytkhalilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Seytkhalilov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…
Asan Yanikov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Yanikov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…
Eskender Suleymanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On June 10, 2019, authorities arrested Suleymanov, the brother of Crimean Solidarity activist Ruslan Suleimanov,…
Tofik Abdulgaziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdulgaziyev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…
Vladlen Abduklkadyrov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Abduklkadyrov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity…
Izzet Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdullayev, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing…
Medzhit Abdurakhmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Abdurakhmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…
Bilyal Adilov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Adilov, an imam and activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after…
Remzi Bakirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 28, 2019, authorities arrested and beat Bakirov, a citizen journalist and activist from the Crimean Solidarity…
Riza Izetov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Izetov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…
Farkhod Bazarov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Bazarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…
Raim Ayvazov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 17, 2019, authorities detained Ayvazov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, at a border crossing…
Shaban Umerov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Umerov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…
Rail Abdrakhmanov is imprisoned for his religious association and activity.
On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Abdrakhmanov, for…
Vyacheslav Vankov is imprisoned for his religious association and activity.
On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Vankov, for allegedly…
Lenar Mukhamadeev is imprisoned for his religious association and activity.
On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Mukhamadeev, for…
Ilsur Galeev is imprisoned for his religious association and activity.
On November 5, 2020, authorities in Kazan arrested several people, including Galeev, for allegedly being…
Erfan Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Osmanov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…
Seiran Murtaza is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Murtaza, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him…
Alim Karimov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Karimov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement, after accusing him of…
Dzhemil Gafarov was imprisoned and died in state custody for his alleged religious activity.
On March 27, 2019, authorities arrested Gafarov, an activist from the Crimean Solidarity movement…
Khaled Al-Rashed is imprisoned for his religious expression and association.
In March 2006, Saudi authorities arrested Al-Rashed, a cleric, for his membership in the Movement of Reformers…
Morsen Afrouz was imprisoned for protesting religious freedom conditions and in relation to his religious association.
In November 2022, authorities in Firuzkooh reportedly detained …
Mahsa Mohammadi is detained for blasphemy.
On October 30, 2022, authorities reportedly detained Mohammadi, a university student in Sabzevar, over a tweet perceived as blasphemous.…
Gratia Pello was imprisoned for his religious expression.
In December 2022, authorities in Surabaya, East Java, reportedly arrested Pello, a professor at a Christian theological school…
Ishtiaq Saleem is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In November 2022, authorities in Islamabad arrested Saleem after he was accused of sharing content deemed blasphemous on social media.…
Sara Mottaghi is detained for blasphemy.
On January 15, 2023, Iranian authorities raided the home of Mattaghi, a poet, for writing about an ancient Iranian day celebrating women. After…
Raif Fevziyev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Fevziyev, an imam,…
Marlen Mustafayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, arrested Mustafayev and other Crimean…
Ruslan Ilyasov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
In or around June 16, 2021, authorities in Kazan arrested Ilyasov after accusing him of leading a cell of the…
Marat Bazarbayev is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
On July 6, 2021, authorities arrested Bazarbayev after searching his home. Investigators accused him of…
Vadim Nasyrov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.
On July 6, 2021, authorities arrested Nasyrov after searching his home. Investigators accused him of…
Dzhebbar Bekirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Bekirov, after…
Zavur Abdullayev is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Abdullayev, after…
Rustem Murasov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Murasov, after…
Rustem Tairov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On August 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied, Crimea, Ukraine, detained five people, including Tairov, after…
Ansar Osmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including Osmanov,…
Ametkhan Abdulvapov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 9, 2022, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained several individuals, including …
Radik Talipov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Talipov, for their alleged membership to the…
Timur Khabibullin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Khabibullin, for their alleged…
Farit Kharisov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 22, 2021, authorities in Ufa detained several people, including Kharisov, for their alleged membership to…
Anwar Kenneth was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2001, authorities reportedly arrested Kenneth after he was accused of writing letters perceived as blasphemous towards…
Azat Lukmanov is imprisoned for his alleged religious association.
On November 19, 2019, authorities in Moscow detained Lukmanov after accusing him of being a leader of the…
Timur Yalkabov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Yalkabov, accusing him of…
Lenur Seydametov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 17, 2021, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Seydametov, accusing him of holding…
Vadim Bektemirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Bektemirov among others after searching…