Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: Death

Date of Detainment: May//2020

Date of Sentencing: January/19/2022

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 Conversion Hate Speech

Aneeqa Ateeq

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Aneeqa Ateeq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In May 2020, authorities arrested Ateeq after she was accused of posting/sending sketches of religious figures via WhatsApp and using Facebook to send blasphemous materials to others.

On January 19, 2022, a Rawalpindi court sentenced Ateeq to death for "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).  She was also sentenced to ten years in prison for "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC), three years in prison for "posing as Muslim" (Sec. 298-C PPC), and seven years in prison for "inciting interfaith hatred" (Sec. 11 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016).  Her prison sentences are reported to run concurrently. She was also fined 200,000 rupees.

Ateeq is married.

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