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November 23, 2021

Qaisar Ayub is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In 2011, Ayub and his brother, Amoon Ayub, were accused of publishing blasphemous content on a website registered under Ayub…

November 23, 2021

Asghar Kalar was detained for blasphemy.

On September 26, 2021, authorities arrested Kalar after he was charged with "insulting the Prophet Muhammad" (Sec. 295-C PPC).  According to the…

November 18, 2021

Ali Aboluhom is imprisoned for apostasy.

On August 23, 2021, authorities arrested Aboluhom, a Yemini journalist working in Saudi Arabia, after he left his home reportedly to meet with his…

November 16, 2021

Shiraz Ahmad is detained for blasphemy.

On February 25, 2021, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of creating a group online and sharing Ahmadi content in it. He was initially…

November 15, 2021

Ghulam Ahmad was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy-related offenses.

On May 13, 2014, authorities arrested Ahmad alongside three others after they were accused of tearing…

October 27, 2021

Muhammad Islam is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

On April 7, 2019, authorities arrested Islam, a tailor, following a dispute with a pair of colleagues, in which Islam…

October 27, 2021

Asif Pervaiz is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In early October 2013, Pervaiz, a garment factory worker, was accused by a work colleague of sending blasphemous text…

October 26, 2021

Sajjad Masih Gill was imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Gill, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist community, after he was…

October 20, 2021

Suleiman Bouhafs is imprisoned for his alleged expression about religion.

On August 25, 2021, three men in a black vehicle abducted Bouhafs –  Chairman of the St. Augustine Coordination of…

October 15, 2021

Abdulazeez Inyass is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In May 2015, Inyass, a cleric, allegedly said during a lecture that Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, the founder of the Tijaniya…