AsiaNews: The Catholic Church of Pakistan today celebrated a Wednesday of Prayer and Fasting on behalf of Sawan Masih and Asia Bibi, two victims of the Asian country’s controversial blasphemy laws.
Both have been sentenced to death and are awaiting for their appeal process to start. Meanwhile, several civil society organisations and ordinary believers have joined the initiative “in favour of the persecuted Christians”.
Today activists and religious leaders led various peaceful demonstrations in Lahore and Islamabad in “a sign of kinship and solidarity.”
Asia Bibi has become a symbol of the struggle against the “black law”. Since she was sentenced to death in November 2010, she has been on death row, held in solitary confinement for her own security. After several delays and long prevarication, her appeal trial should start on 14 April. More on this here.
