Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Unspecified
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: August//2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Texts)
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy
Asif Fareed
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Asif Fareed is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Fareed and his brother, Abdullah Fareed, after they were accused of burning pieces of the Qur'an and other religious literature. Authorities charged them with "desecrating the Qur'an" (Sec. 295-B PPC).
Publicly Available Information:
Gender: Unspecified
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Unspecified
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Date of Detainment: August/5/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Texts) LGBTI+ Rights
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy
Qaiser Zada
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Qaiser Zada is detained for alleged blasphemy.
In August 2021, authorities arrested Zada after Zada was accused of burning a copy of the Qur'an and beaten by a mob. Authorities charged Zada with "desecrating the Qur'an" (Sec. 295-B PPC).
Publicly Available Information:
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Unspecified
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: Life Imprisonment
Date of Sentencing: July//2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Online Activity
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy Hate Speech Terrorism
Ibtisam Mustafa
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Ibtisam Mustafa is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Mustafa over blasphemy-related accusations.
In July 2021, an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi sentenced Mustafa, who is from Lawa Tehsil, Chakwal district, Punjab province, to life in prison for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC), two counts of "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), and other supposed crimes under the 1997 Anti-Terrorism Act and the 2016 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act.