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November 08, 2022

Chen Lijun is detained for his religious belief and activity. 

On August 13, 2022, authorities in Luanchuan county, Luoyang municipality, Henan province, detained Chen, a preacher and…

November 03, 2022

Yang Jianxin is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In early 2021, authorities detained Yang, pastor of a house church, for “conducting illegal business operations” and “…

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 27, 2021

Chen Yu is imprisoned in relation to his religiously oriented business.

On September 13, 2019, public security officials from Linhai City, Taizhou Municipality, Zhejiang Province, arrested…

January 22, 2021

Emetjan is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.

In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) detained…

January 22, 2021

Rizaydin Abdureshit is imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and in relation to his religiously oriented business.

In 2018, authorities in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)…

November 02, 2020

Qurbanjan Abdusemet was imprisoned for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business activity. 

In 2009, authorities detained Abdusemet and his brother reportedly for…

October 30, 2020

Rejepniyaz Hebibulla is detained for his ethnoreligious identity and religiously oriented business. 

In late 2017 or early 2018, authorities detained Hebibulla and sent him to an…

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…