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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…

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…

Shagufta Kiran is detained for blasphemy.

On July 29, 2021, authorities arrested Kiran after she was accused of forwarding blasphemous content via WhatsApp in September 2020. Police…

Salma Tanveer is imprisoned and sentenced to death for blasphemy. 

In September 2013, authorities arrested Tanveer, a school principal, after she was accused of distributing writings that…

Newsh Arooj was detained for blasphemy.

On April 9, 2021, authorities arrested Arooj, who is a nurse, and her coworker, Mariyum Lal, after an incident at their workplace. According to…

Mariyum Lal was detained for blasphemy.

On April 9, 2021, authorities arrested Lal, who is a nurse, and her coworker, Newsh Arooj, after an incident at their workplace. According to…

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…

Waleed abu al-Khair is imprisoned for his legal work defending religious prisoners of conscience and for criticizing the government.

On April 15, 2014, authorities arrested al-Khair, …

Sheikh Salman al-Ouda is detained for supporting greater religious coexistence and criticizing the government.

In September 2017, police arrested al-Ouda, an Islamic scholar, from his home…

Mohammed al-Rabiah is imprisoned for his activism against state imposed religious systems.

On May 15, 2018, authorities arrested al-Rabiah amid a statewide crackdown on women's rights…