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[email protected] – Website: http://www.hrwf.net Freedom of Religion or Belief & ‘Blasphemy’ Prisoners List 2014 Edited by Willy Fautré Mark Barwick, Nathan Black, Sam Fife, Olga Hruba, Serena Romeo & Alfiaz Vaiya 31 December 2014 1 Table of Contents FORB PRISONERS’ LIST Azerbaijan Azerbaijan/Nagorno-Karabakh Bhutan China Eritrea Iran Kazakhstan Laos North Korea Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sudan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Vietnam The Prisoners’ List of Human Rights Without Frontiers country by country comprises prisoners whose activities were exclusively related to freedom of religion, i.e. freedom to change religion, freedom of association, freedom of worship and religious assembly, freedom to share one’s beliefs, conscientious objection to military service. A separate section has been created to cover the misuse of so-called anti- blasphemy laws restricting freedom of expression related to religious issues. 2 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION RELATED TO RELIGIOUS ISSUES Egypt Indonesia Pakistan Saudi Arabia Tunisia Sources 3 AZERBAIJAN Said Nursi Readers (Muslims) Aqil AHMADOV Place of residence: Qazax Date and place of arrest: 17th April 2014, in Qazax Charges: Resisting the police during a crackdown on a private religious meeting Article of the criminal/civil/administrative code: Administrative Code Article 310.1 Court decision: Sentence of 7 days imprisonment Other information: He was arrested during