Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Pak frees woman facing death in blasphemy case

Pakistan's top court ordered authorities to free Asia Bibi, a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 for insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad. She was held at an undisclosed jail for security reasons. Islamists demanded her execution and threatened to launch protests. A governor, a minister of minorities were assassinated in 2011 for supporting her.

from The Times of India https://ift.tt/2RrlZix

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