Monday, November 29, 2010

Pakistani Govt. Barred from Pardoning Asia Bibi; Mother of Five Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

The Christian Today website reports that the Pakistani government was barred today (November 29, 2010) by the country's high court from pardoning a Christian woman sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.

"Since the matter is in the high court, the government cannot now make any move to pardon Bibi," lawyer Allah Bakhsh Leghari said.

Asia Bibi was sentenced early this month to death by hanging for allegedly speaking against the Prophet Muhammad.

The Christian mother of five is the first woman to receive a death sentence for blasphemy in Pakistan.

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