22.07.2015 - 06:50 [ Premier Christian Radio ]

Asia Bibi set for final challenge for freedom

Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, is being given a final chance to appeal her death sentence.
Back in 2009 she was accused of insulting the prophet Mohammad, after an argument with colleagues.
Despite denying the charge, she was arrested and imprisoned before she was sentenced to death a year later.
If the sentence is carried out she‘d be the first women to be lawfully killed for blasphemy in Pakistan.
Despite widespread calls from the international community for her release, she remains in prison with claims she‘s suffered abuse by fellow prisoners.