Additional Name(s): Ayaz Nizami

Gender: Male

Current Location: Central Jail Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi, Punjab

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death

Date of Detainment: March/22/2017

Date of Sentencing: January/8/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Other) Blasphemy (Religious Figures)

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech Terrorism

Abdul Waheed

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Abdul Waheed is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On March 22, 2017, security services reportedly kidnapped Waheed after he was accused of uploading blasphemous content on the internet.

On September 12, 2017, Waheed was indicted.

On January 8, 2021, an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad sentenced Waheed to death. He was reportedly found guilty of "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC), and terrorism defined as "inciting hatred and contempt on religious, sectarian or ethnic basis to strip up violence or cause internal disturbance" (Sec. 7 (g) Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997).

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