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November 18, 2021

Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for apostasy.

On August 23, 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom, a Yemini journalist working in Saudi Arabia, after he left his home reportedly to meet with his…

October 29, 2021

Anas Hassan was imprisoned for his alleged religious/non-belief activity. 

In August 2019, authorities arrested Hassan for allegedly running the Facebook page, "The Egyptian Atheists,”…

January 26, 2021

Nezire Muhemmet Salih was detained for her religious scholarship.

On or around December 25, 2017, authorities in Urumqi municipality, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained …

October 01, 2020

Adil Tuniyaz is detained for translating religious texts and for his ethnoreligious identity. 

On or around December 25, 2017, authorities in…

June 22, 2020

Mubarak Bala is imprisoned for exercising his freedom of belief.

On April 28, 2020, Kaduna State police arrested Bala, president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, from his home…

December 12, 2019

Marjan Davari is imprisoned for her religious association and translation of religious texts.

In September 2015, authorities arrested Davari, a translator and a former researcher at the…

October 10, 2019

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

In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, who is from the town of Hafar al-Batin, and accused of using social media…

September 18, 2019

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 Abha.…