EU legislators urge Pakistan to halt execution of Christian woman
BosNewsLife EU legislator Peter van Dalen with Asia Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, and two of her daughters. PICTURE: Via BosNewsLife European legislators have visited Pakistan amid concerns that Christian Asia Bibi, a married mother of five, may become the first woman to be executed by the state on controversial charges of ‘blasphemy against Islam’. Members of […]
Jailed Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi nominated for EU’s Sakharov Prize
BosNewsLife Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi – who faces execution by hanging on controversial charges of ‘blasphemy against Islam’ – has been nominated for the European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by an influential group of European legislators. The European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR), the third largest group in the European Parliament, nominated […]