Anwaar Ahmad
Additional Name(s): Anwaar Ahmed
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Unspecified
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 15 Years' Imprisonment
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)
Nature of Charges: Hate Speech Terrorism
Anwaar Ahmad
Extra Bio Info:
Anwaar Ahmad is imprisoned for alleged blasphemy.
In 2017, authorities arrested Ahmad, a professor at the Islamabad Model College, after he was accused of committing blasphemy during a lecture.
In January 2021, an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad sentenced Ahmad to 15 years' imprisonment and fined him 100,000 rupees for "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC) and terrorism defined as "inciting hatred and contempt on religious, sectarian or ethnic basis to strip up violence or cause internal disturbance" (Sec. 7 (g) Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997).