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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…

Asif Stephen was detained for blasphemy. 

On August 12, 2017, authorities arrested Stephen - a minor at the time - after he was accused of burning pages of the Qur'an.  A mob reportedly…

Shehzad Masih is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In July 2017, authorities arrested Masih - a minor at the time - after a coworker and another individual accused him of…

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…

Erbolat Kusmanuly is under house arrest in relation to his ethnoreligious identity.

On October 27, 2017, local authorities in Altay prefecture…

Y Min Ksor is imprisoned for his religious activity. 

In April 2018, authorities arrested Ksor, a member of the unregistered Good News Missionary Church, during a police raid on a house…

Y Pum Bya is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

On April 10, 2018, Vietnamese authorities arrested Y Pum Bya, a church leader, after accusing him of spreading false…

Maira Shahbaz was forced to renounce her faith.

In late April 2020, Shahbaz - 14 years old at the time - was abducted at gunpoint by three men and forced to convert religions and marry one…

Huma Younus was forced to renounce her faith.

On October 10, 2019, Younus - 14 years old at the time - was abducted, forcibly converted, and coerced into marrying her abductor.  Her family…

Amri Che Mat was forcibly disappeared in relation to his religious activities and activism.

On November 24, 2016, Mat, a Shi'a Musim convert, was abducted while driving to visit a friend…