Family pray for Asia Bibi’s freedom – A Christian mother from Pakistan

14/10/2018

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In this Nov 15, 2012 file photo, a young girl in her colorful dress reaches out to greet a Pakistani policeman securing the road outside Kainat Riaz’s home in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. (AP)

The family of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother who faces becoming the first person to be executed for blasphemy in Pakistan, said they hoped the Supreme Court would free her. But in any case they feared for their future living in Pakistan under the blasphemy laws, they told AFP.

Bibi, who has been on death row since 2010, is at the centre of the high-profile case that has divided Pakistan and drawn prayers from the Vatican. Last week the Supreme Court heard her last appeal and said it had reached a judgement, which it has yet to reveal. “We are hopeful that whatever the court proceedings are it will come out as positive for us,” her husband Ashiq Mesih told AFP. (AFP)

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14/10/2018