Sunny Mushtaq

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Pakistan

Religion or Belief: Christian – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: June/29/2019

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

Sunny Mushtaq

Extra Bio Info:

Sunny Mushtaq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.

In June 2019, authorities arrested 19-year-old Sunny Mushtaq and his friend, Noman Asghar, for receiving images deemed blasphemous via WhatsApp. Authorities charged him with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).

In May 2023, the Bahawalpur Magistrate Court convicted Mushtaq and sentenced him to death.

Publicly Available Information:

The Voiceless Victims of Pakistan’s Blasphemy Laws International Christian Concern (ICC)
USCIRF Policy Update: Pakistan's Blasphemy Law October 2019