The last Pakistani Moslem to defend the Catholic Asia Bibi, a politician, Salman Taseer, was assassinated. Missio-Achen, the German branch of Pontifical Missionary Works, is running a campaign to save Asia. No protest from US government. The Church must make a public protest. Diplomatic channels have not worked and time is running out while the poor woman suffers through her fifth year in a solitary hellhole.
Vatican Insider: This Christmas, our “thoughts are with Asia Bibi, the Christian woman unjustly sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan.” The German government was asked to “do all [it] can on a diplomatic level to obtain her release and ensure a safe return to her family.” Missio-Achen, the German branch of the Pontifical Missionary Works, requested this as part of a new campaign that reflects the sentiments of Catholics across Germany and Europe. The petition it sent to Christoph Strässer, Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office, gathered 18,425 signatures in just three months. Read more here.
