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November 26, 2021

Anwaar Ahmad is imprisoned for blasphemy.

In 2017, authorities arrested Ahmad, a professor at the Islamabad Model College, after he was accused of committing blasphemy during a lecture.…

November 24, 2021

Raja Waris is detained for blasphemy.

In December 2020, authorities arrested Waris, a pastor, and charged him with "intending to outrage religious feelings" (Sec. 295-A PPC) and "using…

October 30, 2020

Sohail Masih is detained for blasphemy.

On August 5, 2020, authorities arrested Masih after he was accused of posting blasphemous content on Facebook about Eid al-Adha and the Prophet…

October 05, 2020

Maruf Gul is detained for blasphemy.

On September 18, 2020, authorities arrested Gul after he was accused of questioning a religious…

March 25, 2020

Mohammad Nouri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

In or around October 2015, authorities reportedly arrested Nouri after accusing him of posting anti-Islamic content on…

December 02, 2019

Abdul Waheed is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On March 22, 2017, security services reportedly kidnapped Waheed after he was accused of uploading blasphemous content on…

October 10, 2019

Ahmad al-Shamri is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

In 2014, authorities arrested al-Shamri, who is from the town of Hafar al-Batin, and accused of using social media…