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Top Pakistani court upholds acquittal, frees Christian woman
January 29, 2019 18:20 pm
ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, clearing the last legal hurdle and freeing Aasia Bibi to leave the country in a move that dealt a blow to radical Islamists who had demanded her execution.
Protests in Pakistan delay release of Christian woman
November 2, 2018 13:15 pm
ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The release of a Christian woman in Pakistan who was acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy was apparently delayed Friday after talks failed between the government and radical Islamists who want her publicly hanged.
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