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December 01, 2022
Ali Shaker is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested Shaker…
December 01, 2022
Muhammad Mustafa is detained for not engaging in religious activities according to the standards of a non-state entity.
On May 31, 2021, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham forces reportedly arrested…
October 06, 2022
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…
April 06, 2022
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…
November 16, 2021
Luka Binniyat was detained for his reporting on religious groups and religious freedom conditions.
On November 4, 2021, authorities arrested Binniyat, a journalist for the Epoch Times, in…
October 15, 2021
Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In May 2015, Inyass, a cleric, allegedly said during a lecture that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya…
October 15, 2021
Sheikh Abduljabar Nasiru Kabara is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In July 2021, authorities arrested Kabara, a cleric, and charged him with blasphemy and incitement.…
January 21, 2021
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu is detained for his religious expression.
In March 2020, authorities arrested Sharif-Aminu, a musician and follower of the Sufi Tijaniyyah Order, after a series of…
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…
October 30, 2019
Zeenah Ibraheem was detained for her religious belief and activity.
On December 12, 2015, authorities arrested Ibraheem and her husband, El Zakzaky, a Shi'a Muslim cleric and leader of the…