Forced Conversions

Documentation of coerced religious conversion cases drawn from NGO reports, UN human rights bodies, and judicial records. Each entry notes the legal status of the case and the documented state response.

10 cases documented

2023

Documented Cases1 Case

Pakistan

1 Jan

Documented Forced Conversions of Minority Women in Pakistan (2023 Report)

Sindh, Punjab · Various; documented involvement of local religious figures and landowners

Unresolved

2021

Documented Cases1 Case

Bangladesh

13 Oct

Documented Violence and Forced Conversion Against Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh (2021 onwards)

Comilla, Noakhali, Cox's Bazar, Dhaka · Various; incidents documented during periods of political mobilisation

Unresolved

2020

Documented Cases2 Cases

Pakistan

Forced Conversion of Christian Minority Girls in Pakistan

1 Jan · Punjab and Sindh provinces · Individual abductors and networks

Unresolved

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2014

Documented Cases4 Cases

Iraq

Islamic State Ultimatum to Christians of Mosul and the Nineveh Plains, 2014

1 Jul · Mosul and Nineveh Plains · Islamic State (ISIL)

Unresolved

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Kenya

1 Nov

Al-Shabaab Targeting of Non-Muslims in Kenya, 2014

Mandera County, north-eastern Kenya · Al-Shabaab

Unresolved

Nigeria

14 Apr

Abduction and Forced Conversion of the Chibok Schoolgirls by Boko Haram, 2014

Chibok, Borno State · Boko Haram

Under Investigation

2009

Documented Cases1 Case

Nigeria

1 Jan

Boko Haram Pattern of Abduction and Forced Conversion in North-Eastern Nigeria

Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states · Boko Haram

Unresolved

2005

Documented Cases1 Case

Egypt

1 Jan

Abduction and Forced Conversion of Coptic Christian Women in Egypt (Prevalence Contested)

Egypt · Individual abductors and trafficking networks

Under Investigation