Asia Bibi released from prison in Pakistan – reports
Christian woman Asia Bibi, last week acquitted on charges of blasphemy after eight years on death row in Pakistan, has been released from prison, her lawyer has reportedly said. Lawyer Saif-ul-Mulook, who is seeking asylum in the Netherlands, was quoted on numerous news outlets saying that Bibi, who had been held in a prison in Multan, […]
Canadian broadcaster offers to sponsor Christian woman spared death in Pakistan
Toronto, CanadaRNS Yes TV, Canada’s largest multifaith broadcaster, has sent a letter to the Canadian government offering to sponsor and settle Asia Bibi, the Pakistani woman who was cleared of blasphemy charges last week. Her death sentence was commuted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court on 31st October following an appeal. Pakistan protesters rally against a Supreme Court decision […]
“No grounds for Supreme Court review”, says Asia Bibi’s lawyer, having fled country
World Watch Monitor The lawyer who defended the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi against blasphemy charges and secured her acquittal at the Supreme Court says he does not expect a review of her case to take place. As part of its agreement with an Islamist political party to stop its violent protests, the government is reported to […]
Australian Christian Lobby calls for Australian Government to offer asylum to Asia Bibi
The Australian Christian Lobby has called on the Australian Government to offer asylum to Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman acquitted this week of blasphemy charges after spending eight years on death row. Martyn Iles, managing director of the ACL, noted that Christians are the most persecuted people in the world and said Pakistan was […]
ASIA BIBI: “A VICTORY FOR PAKISTAN AND MILLIONS OF MARGINALISED PEOPLE”
World Watch Monitor reports on the acquittal of Asia Bibi and reactions to it…
Pakistan PM appeals for calm after Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy
World Watch Monitor Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has urged the nation not to let a fraction of people incite them to take the law into their own hands over the decision of the Supreme Court to release a Christian woman who had been facing the death penalty for blasphemy. The security situation in Pakistan […]
Updated – Asia Bibi acquitted after eight years on death row
Updated 9.10am, 1st November, 2018Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi has been acquitted of charges of blasphemy after eight years on death row. The mother of five was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to hang. Bibi, also known as Aasiya Noreen, was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Muhammad during a dispute […]
Pakistani Christian gets life for blasphemy despite learning difficulties
World Watch Monitor Mentally impaired Yaqoob Bashir Masih was only 20 years old when he was accused of committing blasphemy in June, 2015. He has been in prison ever since, and now his hometown District and Sessions Court in Mirpur Khas, a small district in Pakistan’s Sindh province, has sentenced him to life-long imprisonment for […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court hears Asia Bibi’s ‘blasphemy’ appeal but delays ruling
World Watch Monitor Pakistan’s Supreme Court in the capital Islamabad has finally heard the much-delayed appeal of Asia Bibi, the first Christian woman sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy law. It has not announced its decision, saying it will ‘reserve judgment’ for several days or possibly weeks. Aasiya Noreen, a Pakistani Christian woman, has been […]
Family of murdered Pakistani Christian MP open training centre for women
World Watch Monitor The family of the murdered Catholic MP Shahbaz Bhatti is opening an education centre for Christian women and girls in Khushpur, eastern Pakistan, reports AsiaNews. Khushpur, near Faisalabad in Punjab province, is the largest Christian settlement in Pakistan and the area where the former minister for minorities came from and where he is buried. A […]