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Asia Bibi, Pakistani Christian Woman Acquitted Of Blasphemy, Arrives In Canada

5:36pm May 08, 2019

After years of death threats, Bibi and her husband left their home country for Canada. She spent years on death row on charges of insulting the prophet Muhammad before her sentence was voided.

Asia Bibi, photographed in 2010, listens to officials at a prison near Lahore.

Pakistan's Supreme Court Upholds Christian Woman's Blasphemy Acquittal

3:13pm January 29, 2019

Asia Bibi, a mother and illiterate farmhand of Christian faith, spent eight years on death row, until a higher court acquitted her in October. The reversal sparked huge protests by Islamic extremists.

Pakistani protesters earlier this month burn a poster depicting Asia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges before being acquitted by Pakistan's Supreme Court.

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Asia Bibi, Pakistani Woman Acquitted Of Blasphemy, Is Freed From Jail

7:50am November 08, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Bibi, a Christian who spent eight years on death row before her acquittal earlier this month, was released despite objections from hard-line Muslim groups.

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman, listens to officials in 2010 at a prison near Lahore. Her blasphemy conviction has been reversed but advocates say she and her family are in danger in Pakistan.

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Italy Offers To Help Relocate Pakistani Christian Woman Acquitted Of Blasphemy

8:34pm November 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Italy joins other western countries seeking to help the woman at the center of a simmering dispute between the government and hard-line religious groups.

A Pakistani supporter of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), a hardline religious party, holds an image of Christian woman Asia Bibi during a protest rally following the Supreme Court's decision to acquit Bibi of blasphemy in Islamabad.

Protesters Delay Release Of Pakistani Woman Acquitted For Blasphemy

12:57pm November 02, 2018

by Diaa Hadid

Asia Bibi's sentence was overturned this week, prompting protests by hard-line religious groups. They are calling for Bibi to be killed, along with the three judges who issued the verdict.

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP), a hard-line religious political party, chant slogans during a protest on Wednesday against the court decision to overturn the conviction of Asia Bibi.

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Pakistan's High Court Acquits Asia Bibi, Christian Woman On Death Row For Blasphemy

12:05pm October 31, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

The woman, a 51-year-old illiterate farmhand, was convicted in 2010 after an argument with her Muslim co-workers. The country's religious right has called for her execution.