Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy freed from jail
369 views · Published 13 November 2018 · 3:10 · Indexed 15 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(8 Nov 2018) The whereabouts of a Christian woman released after eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy remain a closely guarded secret in the wake of demands by radical Islamists that she be publicly executed. Aasia Bibi and her family were under heavy security after being transferred overnight into Thursday from her detention facility in southern Punjab to the capital Islamabad. Bibi's husband Ashiq Masih said on Tuesday the family no longer feel safe in Pakistan. Muhammad Afzal Qadri, leader of the radical Islamic group Tehreek Labaik, said Bibi and anyone who supported her "deserves to be killed". Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bde49f96484776053c1ce03e6cac7c5a
