Additional Name(s): Tutti, Tooti

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death + 10 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: April/7/2019

Date of Sentencing: September/13/2021

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 Hate Speech

Muhammad Islam

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Muhammad Islam is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy. 

In April 2019, authorities arrested Islam, a tailor, after two of his coworkers accused him of blasphemy.

In September 2021, the Model Criminal Trial Court of Attock sentenced Islam to death for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC) and ten years' imprisonment for "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC). 

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Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death

Date of Detainment: October/10/2013

Date of Sentencing: September/8/2020

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

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

Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech

Asif Pervaiz

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Asif Pervaiz is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.

In October 2013, authorities arrested Pervaiz after a coworker accused him of sending blasphemous text messages. Authorities accused him of “intending to outrage religious feelings,” “desecrating the Qur’an,” and “insulting the Prophet Muhammad” (Secs. 295-A–C PPC).

In September 2020, authorities sentenced Pervaiz to death and fined him 50,000 rupees.

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Gender: Female

Current Location: Central Jail Adiala, Rawalpindi

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: July/29/2021

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: Aid & Abetment Blasphemy Hate Speech

Shagufta Kiran

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Shagufta Kiran is detained for alleged blasphemy.

In July 2021, authorities arrested Kiran after she was accused of forwarding content deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp in September 2020. Police reportedly raided her family's home, seizing their electronics and arresting her, her husband, and two sons. Authorities released her family members, who went into hiding, but kept Shagufta. Authorities charged her with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad," "uttering words with deliberate intent to outrage religious feelings," "using derogatory remarks in respect of holy personages," abetment, and "inciting interfaith hatred" (Secs. 295, 298, 109 PPC; Sec. 11 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016). Authorities confined her to Central Jail Adiala, Rawalpindi.

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