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Eugene

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2. This is great news.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 09:13 AM

Jan 2019

She is now free to leave Pakistan.

Bibi, who has been held at a secret location since her death sentence was overturned, could be flown out of the country within hours. Two of her children are reportedly already in Canada, which has offered Bibi asylum.

After the ruling, Bibi’s lawyer, Saiful Malook, suggested that she could leave Pakistan imminently. “I think at this time she is here (in Pakistan) – but by tonight, I don’t know,” he told reporters outside the court.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/29/asia-bibi-pakistans-top-court-upholds-blasphemy-acquittal

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Asia Bibi blasphemy acquittal upheld by Pakistan court [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 OP

--- sad that such horse shit had to happen in the first place. 3Hotdogs Jan 2019 #1

This is great news. Eugene Jan 2019 #2

Blasphemy, a victimless 'crime' and yet another... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #3