Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: March/16/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech

Fansan Shahid

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Fansan Shahid is detained for blasphemy.

On March 16, 2022, authorities arrested Shahid, an employee of the Pakistan Railways, from his home after he was accused of making a blasphemous comment on Facebook. Shahid was charged with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad (Sec. 295-C PPC), "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), and committing hate speech (Sec. 11 of 2016 Electronic Crimes Act r/w Section 153-A PPC).

Shahid is married with two children.

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