Rana Usman
Gender: Male
Current Location: Rawalpindi
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other
Sentence: Death
Date of Sentencing: January/24/2025
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures) Blasphemy (Religious Texts)
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy
Rana Usman
Extra Bio Info:
Rana Usman is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
On January 24, 2025, Judge Tariq Ayub sentenced Usman and three others to death and fined 4.6 million rupees. Usman and his associates were accused of posting blasphemous material on social media and WhatsApp.
Publicly Available Information:
- "Pakistani court sentences 4 people to death for blasphemy" AP News
- "4 Sentenced To Death For 'Blasphemous' Posts In Pakistan" Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- "Pakistan sentences 4 men to death for alleged blasphemy on the internet" Catholic News Agency
- "Pakistan court sentences 4 men to death over 'online blasphemy'" UCA News