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Related: About this forumAsia Bibi blasphemy acquittal upheld by Pakistan court
Pakistan's top court has rejected a challenge to the acquittal of a Christian woman on blasphemy charges.
The Supreme Court upheld its decision to overturn Asia Bibi's conviction and death sentence.
She was originally convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours.
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Her two daughters are believed to have left Pakistan already, and it is expected that she too will now be granted asylum abroad.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47040847
The Supreme Court upheld its decision to overturn Asia Bibi's conviction and death sentence.
She was originally convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours.
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Her two daughters are believed to have left Pakistan already, and it is expected that she too will now be granted asylum abroad.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47040847
Well, that's good news. It's heartening when a court can show the sense and humanity that a large swathe of a country's people lack.
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Asia Bibi blasphemy acquittal upheld by Pakistan court (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2019
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3Hotdogs
(13,848 posts)1. --- sad that such horse shit had to happen in the first place.
My imaginary sky being is stronger than yours.
Eugene
(63,150 posts)2. This is great news.
She is now free to leave Pakistan.
Bibi, who has been held at a secret location since her death sentence was overturned, could be flown out of the country within hours. Two of her children are reportedly already in Canada, which has offered Bibi asylum.
After the ruling, Bibi’s lawyer, Saiful Malook, suggested that she could leave Pakistan imminently. “I think at this time she is here (in Pakistan) – but by tonight, I don’t know,” he told reporters outside the court.
After the ruling, Bibi’s lawyer, Saiful Malook, suggested that she could leave Pakistan imminently. “I think at this time she is here (in Pakistan) – but by tonight, I don’t know,” he told reporters outside the court.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/29/asia-bibi-pakistans-top-court-upholds-blasphemy-acquittal
NeoGreen
(4,033 posts)3. Blasphemy, a victimless 'crime' and yet another...
...bad idea derived from religion that persists despite human progress and the Enlightenment.