Additional Name(s): Wasim Abbas, وسیم عباس

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Shi'a

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death

Date of Detainment: June//2020

Date of Sentencing: February/18/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

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

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy

Waseem Abbas

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Waseem Abbas is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In June 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Abbas after he was accused of sending written letters insulting the Prophet Muhammad. 

On February 18, 2022, a Faisalabad additional sessions court sentenced Abbas to death for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC). He was also fined 500,000 rupees.

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