 In Pakistan blasphemy directed against either the tenets of the Qur'an or the Prophet Mohammed is punishable by either life imprisonment or death.Apostasy, the rejection of one's old religion, is also criminalized in a number of countries, notably Afghanistan with Abdul Rahman being the first to face the death penalty for converting to Christianity.The United Nations upholds the right to freely express one’s religious beliefs, as listed in the UN’s charter, and additionally in articles 2 and 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.