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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…
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…
Abdujelil Hajim is detained for his religious belief, activity, and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained several Uyghur…
Jume Nasir is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In July 2016, authorities detained Nasir reportedly for praying inside his business. Additional reasons…
Beyshihan Hoshur is detained for her religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities detained Hoshur and several other elderly women in relation to their…
Abdulla Abdurahman is detained for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In March 2018, authorities in Pichan (Shanshan) county, Turpan (Tulufan) municipality, Xinjiang…
Yasin Tursun is imprisoned for his religious activity and ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Tursan, a farmer and Communist Party member, reportedly for "…
Abduqadir is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Abduqadir under unclear circumstances. The uncle of Abduqadir's wife reportedly said that…
Abdueziz Yasin is detained for his ethnoreligious identity.
In 2017, authorities detained Yasin under unclear circumstances. Yasin's uncle reportedly said that some of his relatives were…