After the Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi has spent almost ten years because of alleged blasphemy as a candidate for Death in prison, she has to leave now finally Pakistan. A Review.
In June 2009, was the then 44-year-old Asia Bibi, the Christian minority in a village in the Pakistani province of Punjab belongs to, of blasphemy and arrested in November 2010 and sentenced to death. You should have offended in the course of a dispute with a Muslim Field workers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
2014 confirmed to the Supreme court in Lahore, the death sentence pushed, but in 2015, the enforcement for an indefinite period of time on and gave the request for a retrial of the case.
A scheduled hearing Bibi’s court in the year 2016 had to be postponed because of protests by fundamentalist groups to be moved. Then, Bibi’s husband wrote a mercy petition to the Pakistan President, and asked permission to leave the territory for you to France, after the Paris city Council had for the conferment of honorary citizenship for Pakistani.
In 2010, Asia Bibi’s husband submitted the petition to the Pakistani Minister for ethnic minorities (l.)
Protests after acquittal
On 8. October 2018 was concerned, the Supreme court again, and this time, finally, with Bibi’s appeal against the judgment. On the 31.10. the Chairman of the Constitution were known judge Saqib Nisar, the decision-making: the case of Asia Bibi has been acquitted of blasphemy because of the lack of sufficient evidence. It was to allow “immediate release, where it was not wanted for other charges”.
According to the judgment of the larger towns broke out in Pakistan’s protests, under the leadership of fundamentalist parties. The government of Prime Minister Imran Khan left the army deployed to protect government buildings. The leader of the radical party, Tehreek-e-and excellence Pakistan (TLP) called for the assassination of three of the ruling judges involved.
After three days of unrest normality returned, however, only by an agreement of the government with the Radicals. Accordingly, the arrested protesters would be released, the government will not leave a re-recording of the proceedings against Asia Bibi could resist, and Asia Bibi, the country. Immediately after the ruling, a cleric from the vicinity of the radical TLP had a request for resumption of proceedings (the”review petition”) to the constitutional court to submit.
TLP supporters protested in November against the release
Search for asylum
On 3.11. flea Bibi’s lawyer, Saif-ul-Mulook in the Netherlands, where he requested asylum, after he had received death threats. His client remains in prison, was set on a “No fly list” to prevent their departure. Her husband appealed to the family to the heads of government of France, the United Kingdom and Canada.
On 7.11. reported by Pakistani media that Asia Bibi had been released from prison. The Pakistani foreign Ministry denied the speculation, according to which she was about to leave the country. Antonio Tajanai, President of the European Parliament, in turn, said he was pleased to welcome Asia Bibi in Europe. Also, her lawyer confirmed on Twitter that Asia Bibi had been released and that he was looking forward to seeing her and her family in the European Parliament.
Asia Bibi’s lawyer, Saif ul-Malook fled to the Netherlands
Definitive Acquittal
On 11.11. the lawyer said to “Sunday Bild” that Asia Bibi would be happy if you could leave the country with her family to Germany. From various sources of the Catholic Church it was then called, including the Agency Missio that the Federal government Asia Bibi and her family have been given a stay of commitment. The decision on whether you wanted to come with her closest family to Germany, was now up to Bibi, said the CDU-Bundestag member Heribert Hirte. To examine how the five-fold mother Pakistan certainly could leave. In the meantime, had been compacted, however, notes that Canada is seen as a place of refuge for the family chosen. Two daughters to stay there for some time.
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Supreme court rejected the request to Review its decision of October as unfounded. So Asia Bibi’s departure from the Pakistani side is nothing in the way.
Exit
On 08.5.2019 left Asia Bibi, after more than eight years in prison in Pakistan. “Bibi has left the country and arrived in Canada,” said her lawyer, Saiful Malook. “The case of Asia Bibi shows in a terrible manner, how dangerous is Pakistan’s laws against blasphemy are and how urgently you renewed should be,” said the Deputy Asia Director of Amnesty international, Omar: in an Interview with DW.