Asia Bibi seeks political asylum in France

Asia Bibi is seeking political asylum in France less than a year after fleeing her native Pakistan for the safety of Canada. The Catholic mother, who spent nearly a decade on death row in Pakistan after she was falsely accused of blasphemy against Islam, wants to live closer to French writer Anne-Isabelle Tollet, who was... Read More

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September 4, 2019

Asia Bibi: People must help Pakistanis falsely accused of blasphemy

The “whole world” should put pressure on Pakistan to either scrap or reform its controversial blasphemy laws, said Asia Bibi, the Catholic mother freed after eight years on death row. In her first newspaper interview since her release in May, Bibi said she believed innocent people were in jail in Pakistan after being falsely accused... Read More

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April 11, 2019

Pakistani prime minister says Asia Bibi has not left for Canada

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Asia Bibi remains in the country, negating speculation that she had already joined her family in Canada. Khan told the BBC that Bibi was still in Pakistan because there was “a little bit of a complication,” which he declined to explain. “But I can assure you she is safe,... Read More

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November 6, 2018

Asia Bibi’s acquittal of blasphemy challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court

The acquittal of a Pakistani Catholic woman sentenced to hang for blasphemy is to be challenged in the country’s Supreme Court, according to her husband. Three judges of the court ordered on 31st October that the death sentence against Asia Bibi, a mother of five, was to be set aside and she was to be... Read More

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November 1, 2018

Asia Bibi plans to leave Pakistan

Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman who was yesterday acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy, plans to leave Pakistan as radical Islamists hold rallies against her. Ms Bibi’s brother said she would leave Pakistan after her formal release from an undisclosed place where she is being held for security reasons. James Masih said... Read More

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February 27, 2018

Rome Colosseum bathed in red in honour of modern martyrs

Rome’s Colosseum, long a symbol of the persecution of early Christians, was bathed in red light late on 24th February as a reminder of and a prayer for the thousands of Christians being persecuted for their faith today. The family of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death under Pakistan’s highly criticised anti-blasphemy laws,... Read More

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