At this year’s SBC Conference several people asked me about the status of Asia Bibi’s appeal. I posted many news items over the last two years concerning her and dedicated a talk to her cause at the 2012 SBC Conference. Here is one link to a past column I wrote for our website readers. Another with more informative links is here. A list of other news items posted on catholicism.org is here. Anne Isabelle Tolett’ book on Asia Bibi, titled, Blasphemy, can be purchased from Amazon here.
UCANews: After endless postponements, Bibi’s case is scheduled to be heard at the Lahore High Court on Thursday. The defense is to present the Court with a memorandum that will overturn all evidence against her and prove that the case was a deliberate set up and that the accusations are clearly false.
“I am convinced that we will be able to obtain an acquittal with regards to the false accusation of blasphemy. This will happen if the Court’s decision is based on the principles established in the criminal justice system and whether or not it will be influenced by the pressures of sectarian groups and extremists,” lawyer Naeem Shakir told Fides news agency in recent days. Read more here.
