Salma Tanveer
Additional Name(s): Salma Tanvir
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Pakistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: Death
Date of Detainment: September//2013
Date of Sentencing: September/27/2021
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Blasphemy (General) Blasphemy (Religious Figures)
Nature of Charges: Blasphemy
Salma Tanveer
Extra Bio Info:
Salma Tanveer is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In September 2013, authorities arrested Tanveer, a school principal, after she was accused of distributing writings that challenged Islam's prophets and claimed to be a prophet herself. Authorities charged her with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).
In September 2021, authorities sentenced Tanveer to death and fined her 50,000 rupees.