Gender: Male
Current Location: District Jail Jhelum, Jhelum, Punjab
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Appeal: Rejected
Sentence: Death
Date of Detainment: November/17/2014
Date of Sentencing: December/13/2018
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
Amoon Ayub is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
In 2011, Ayub and his brother, Qaisar Ayub, were accused of publishing blasphemous content on a website registered under his brother's name. Following harassment over the accusation, the brothers fled the country but subsequently returned in 2012.
On November 17, 2014, authorities arrested Ayub and charged him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).
On December 13, 2018, Ayub and his brother were sentenced to death.
On June 8, 2022, the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench upheld Ayub and his brother's death sentences.
Ayub is reportedly married.
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