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 alleged blasphemy.

In March 2017, security services detained Waheed and held him incommunicado after he was accused of uploading "blasphemous" content on the internet.

In January 2021, an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad sentenced Waheed to death for “intending to outrage religious feelings” and “insulting the Prophet Muhammad” (Secs. 295-A, 295-C PPC), and terrorism defined as “inciting hatred and contempt on religious, sectarian or ethnic basis” (Sec. 7(g) Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997).

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 7 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December/12/2012

Date of Sentencing: September/24/2013

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Proselytizing Activities Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Cult

Song Rongmin

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Song Rongmin was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 12, 2012, officers from the Pengdian Township Police Station of Xi county, Xinyang city, Henan province, arrested Song and other members of the Church of Almighty God, while they were evangelizing publicly in Pengdian. Police reportedly seized religious materials from their vehicle.

On September 24, 2013, the Xi County People’s Court in Henan sentenced Song to seven years and six months in prison for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

Song was taken to Henan Women’s Prison to serve her sentence.

Song's sentence should have ended in June 2020.

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 7 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December/12/2012

Date of Sentencing: September/24/2013

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Proselytizing Activities Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Cult

Pei Jing

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Pei Jing was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 12, 2012, officers from the Pengdian Township Police Station of Xi county, Xinyang city, Henan province, arrested Pei and other members of the Church of Almighty God, while they were evangelizing publicly in Pengdian. Police reportedly seized religious materials from their vehicle and later confiscated religious materials from Pei's home. 

On September 24, 2013, the Xi County People’s Court in Henan sentenced Pei to seven years and six months in prison for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

Pei was taken to Henan Women’s Prison to serve her sentence.

Pei's sentence should have ended in June 2020.

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