PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi, Modern Confessor of the Faith
National Catholic Register |by Nina Shea | Sept. 16th, 2019 COMMENTARY: A drama of faithfulness, courage and perseverance, in which good ultimately triumphs. It is also a window into the…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Slams Blasphemy Laws in First Interview Since Release After Nearly a Decade on Death Row
CBN News | Will Maule, Faithwire | Sept. 7, 2019 A Pakistani woman who spent the best part of a decade on death row after being convicted of blasphemy has…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi pleads for justice for victims of Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws as she plans to settle in Europe
Sunday Telegraph | Aug. 31, 2019 | Ben Farmer, Islamabad Waqar Gillani, Islamabad In her first ever newspaper interview, Asia Bibi said she had at times fallen into despair As…
STATEMENT: Save the Persecuted Christians Celebrates with Asia Bibi, as Freed Death Row Inmate Finds Safety in Canada
***STATEMENT*** |May 8, 2019 Other Christians, However, Are ‘Wasting Away in Pakistani Prisons’ on Charges of Blasphemy WASHINGTON—Late last year,Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi was acquitted on charges of blasphemy…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi to Celebrate Christmas in Hiding in Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Dec. 24, 2018 Despite being acquitted in October, Asia Bibi is set to celebrate her first Christmas off death row in hiding and under guard in…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Arrests Islamist Leader of Asia Bibi Protests
International Christian Concern | Nov. 24, 2018 Authorities in Pakistan have arrested the leader of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan Party, Khadim Hussain Rizvi. Rizvi was responsible for organizing the violent and…
PAKISTAN – Senator Demands U.S. Cut Off Aid to Pakistan Until Asia Bibi is Free
International Christian Concern | Nov. 21, 2018 Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has demanded that the U.S. Government cut off all aid to Pakistan until Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently…
PAKISTAN – Police Warn Christians in Pakistan of Potential Terrorist Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 20, 2018 Police in Pakistan have warned Christians that terrorists are planning an attack on their community following the Asia Bibi acquittal. According to Agenzia…
PAKISTAN – Pakistani Christians Fear Backlash Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
International Christian Concern | Nov. 14, 2018 Pakistani Christians are reportedly living in fear that their community will face severe backlash following the acquittal of Asia Bibi. On October 31,…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan Christians Wary as Asylum Offers Flood in for Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 14, 2018 Several countries have offered asylum to the Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, after she was acquitted by the country’s highest court last month of a…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Not Offered Asylum by U.K. Over fears of Unrest and Attack
International Christian Concern | Nov. 12, 2018 The United Kingdom has “not offered” Asia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of committing blasphemy in Pakistan, asylum because of fears that the…
BANGLADESH – Bangladesh PM says Anyone Who Offends Islam will be Prosecuted
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 7, 2018 Bangladesh’s prime minister has pledged that anyone who offends Islam or its prophet will be prosecuted. Sheikh Hasina said the religion of Bangladesh…
PAKISTAN – ‘Untouchable’ Caste Identity Haunts Pakistani Christians like Asia Bibi
World Watch Monitor | Nov. 1, 2018 Asia Bibi was on death row for blasphemy, after offering drinking water which she, as a Christian, was considered to have made “unclean” by…
ITALY – Italy Says It Will Help Asia Bibi Leave Pakistan
International Christian Concern | Nov. 7, 2018 Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister has said that he will help Asia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted of committing blasphemy, leave Pakistan because…
PAKISTAN – Asia Bibi Remains in a Pakistani Prison Converted into a Safe House
International Christian Concern | Nov. 6, 2018 On October 31, Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquitted Asia Bibi, a Christian woman formally on death row for committing blasphemy. This announcement was met…
PAKISTAN – Fearing For His Family’s Safety, Asia Bibi’s Husband Pleads for Asylum
CBN | November 4, 2018 Asia Bibi's acquittal by Pakistan's Supreme Court on charges of blasphemy last week has sparked numerous protests throughout the Islamic country. Now her husband, Ashiq…
PAKISTAN – Pakistan: Lawyer for Christian Woman Acquitted of Blasphemy Charges Flees to Europe in Fear of His Life
Jihad Watch | November 3, 2018 Why is Saif Mulook’s life in danger? Because he dared to defend a Christian woman from blasphemy charges. The Muslims who were demonstrating in…
PAKISTAN – Muslims Block Roads, Call for Supreme Court Justices to Be Killed Over Asia Bibi Acquittal
The Christian Post | Oct. 31, 2018 (SCREENSHOT: YOUTUBE/AFP NEWS AGENCY)Angered Muslims in Pakistan protest the release of Christian mother Asia Bibi after she spent eight years on death row…
UNITED NATIONS – ‘If the UN Does Not Stand for Asia Bibi, What Does it Stand For?’
World Watch Monitor | Oct. 25, 2018 An opinion piece published in the Washington Examiner has criticised the United Nations for failing to speak out against Pakistan’s treatment of Asia Bibi, a Christian…