CNA: Asia Bibi, a Christian woman once sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy in Pakistan but eventually freed, now wants to be a voice for Christians around the world. Bibi, who addressed the International Religious Freedom Summit on Wednesday via … Continue reading
UCANews: Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges in 2019, is seeking political asylum in France. The move comes only nine months after Bibi and her family were allowed to leave Pakistan and seek asylum in Canada.The … Continue reading
CNA, Hannah Brockhaus: Asia Bibi, the Catholic wife and mother who spent 9 years on death row on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, has left the country and arrived safely in Canada. According to Spanish news agency COPE, Bibi, a Pakistani, … Continue reading
UCANews: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Asia Bibi remains in the country, negating speculation that she had already joined her family in Canada.Khan told the BBC in an interview published online on April 10 that Bibi was … Continue reading
The Guardian: Emma Graham-Harrison: Pakistani authorities have moved Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges, to a new “secure area” and are barring her from leaving the country, a close friend and rights campaigner has claimed. Bibi, who spent … Continue reading
The Catholic Register, Michael Swan: Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan, will be welcomed to a small town in Canada, where she will be reunited with her two teenage daughters, along with the … Continue reading
Please pray that she be granted asylum and find a way out of this country. National Catholic Register, Hannah Brockhaus: A petition to overturn last year’s acquittal of blasphemy charges against Catholic wife and mother Asia Bibi was dismissed by Pakistan’s … Continue reading
AsiaNews: The Pakistani Supreme Court has set a hearing date for the petition to review the acquittal of Asia Bibi, reports the national newspaper Dawn. The case of the Christian mother, condemned to death for blasphemy in 2009, acquitted at the end of October … Continue reading
Rorate Caeli, Antonio Socci: Questioned by journalists, the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Parolin . . . declared that presently there is no diplomatic activity involving the Holy See to bring Asia Bibi and her family to safety. He said verbatim: “It’s … Continue reading
The Guardian, Harriet Sherwood: The family of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy before being acquitted three weeks ago, claim they are being hunted by extremists going house to house with their photographs … Continue reading
National Catholic Register, Edward PentinItaly said on Tuesday it will help Asia Bibi obtain asylum after Pakistan’s government indicated the Catholic mother of five would not be allowed to go abroad, placing her and her family’s lives in danger. Report … Continue reading
Independent, Peter Stubley: The Pakistani government has been accused of caving in to hardline Islamists by agreeing to stop a Christian woman leaving the country following her acquittal for blasphemy. Under the terms of the deal made on Friday night, prime … Continue reading
Fanatical Moslems vow to killer her and the three judges who acquitted her. Let us pray that the holy angels get her out of Pakistan to a safe place. NPR: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday announced the acquittal of Asia Bibi, … Continue reading
Prime Minister Imran Khan says he supports harsh “blasphemy” law as it is. CNA, Christine Rousselle; Pakistan’s Supreme Court has reserved judgement on the verdict of Asia Bibi, a Roman Catholic woman who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, several … Continue reading
VaticanNews: The fate of the first Catholic woman to be condemned to death under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws, will be decided next week. Asia Bibi has been held in solitary confinement since November 2010, when she was sentenced to hang … Continue reading
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