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September 11, 2023

Sajid Ali is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In 2020, authorities arrested Ali after accusing him of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and other religious figures. According…

August 22, 2022

Ashok Kumar is detained for blasphemy.

On or around August 21, 2022, police in Hyderabad arrested Kumar, a sanitation worker, after he was accused of burning a Qur'an. A first information…

February 28, 2022

Muhammad Akbar is detained for blasphemy.

In 2019, authorities arrested Akbar after he was accused of burning papers containing Qur'anic texts. The accusations were reportedly spurred…

February 23, 2022

Raveena was forced to renounce her faith.

In March 2019, armed men reportedly kidnapped Raveena, a Hindu girl who was 15-years old at the time, and her sister Reena, who was 14-years old…

February 23, 2022

Reena was forced to renounce her faith.

In March 2019, armed men reportedly kidnapped Reena, a Hindu girl who was 14-years old at the time, and her sister Raveena, who was 15-years old at…

February 23, 2022

Simran Kumari was forced to renounce her faith.

In August 2020, Kumari, a Hindu girl who was 17-year old at the time, disappeared from her aunt's home in Gotki district, Sindh province.…

January 21, 2022

Aneeqa Ateeq is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

In May 2020, authorities arrested Ateeq after she was accused of posting/sending sketches of religious figures via WhatsApp…

November 26, 2021

Nasir Ahmad is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy.

On March 22, 2017, authorities arrested Ahmad after he was accused of uploading blasphemous videos to YouTube.

On…

November 24, 2021

Muhammad Ishaq was detained for blasphemy.

On December 27, 2019, authorities arrested Ishaq and his friend, Shahbaz Masih, and charged them with "desecrating the Qur'an" (Sec. 295-B PPC…

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…