Ibtisam Mustafa
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 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 sections of the 1997 Anti-Terrorism Act and the 2016 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act. Mustafa was accused of hurting the religious feelings of Christians by insulting Jesus and their religious beliefs and “uploading pages including words and insultive poem from book” to insult the Prophet Muhammad. The court also reportedly imposed a one million rupee fine.
It is reported that Mustafa had been previously convicted of "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC) in 2019; however, the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court set aside the ruling during the appeal process and ordered the trial court to issue a new judgement.