Pakistani Woman Sentenced To Death Over Whatsapp Messages
Aneeqa Atteeq was convicted of violating the country’s cybercrime and blasphemy laws in the city of Rawalpindi. According to her charge sheet, she had “deliberately and intentionally defile(d) sacred righteous personalities and insulted the religious beliefs of Muslims” through her actions. Her accuser, a man named Hasnat Farooq, said that he and Atteeq met on a mobile gaming app in 2019. After they began to talk, they transitioned their conversations onto WhatsApp, a mobile communication service owned by Meta, where they communicated regularly....