Salman Sajjad
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
Salman Sajjad
Extra Bio Info:
Salman Sajjad is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
In January 2025, Judge Tariq Ayub sentenced Sajjad to death for posting content deemed blasphemous 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