Waseem Abbas
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
Extra Bio Info:
Waseem Abbas is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In June 2020, authorities arrested Abbas after he was accused of sending written letters insulting Islam.
In February 2022, a Faisalabad additional sessions court sentenced Abbas to death for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC) and fined him 500,000 rupees.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Pakistani man sentenced to death in blasphemy case" The Print
- "Muslim man sentenced to death in Faisalabad for blasphemy" Kross Konnection
- "فیصل آباد: توہین رسالت کے مجرم کو موت کی سزا" The Independent