When Asia Bibi’s death sentence and conviction for “blaspheming” Islam and its prophet were overturned by the Pakistani Supreme Court — releasing her from prison after eight years — her problems were not over.
Radical Muslims took to the streets in protest of the Oct. 31 decision, and some searched house-to-house to carry out what they viewed as unfulfilled justice under Islamic law.
Consequently, Bibi had been forced to live under the “protective custody” of Pakistani authorities since her release from prison in November.
Now, Bibi has arrived in Canada with her husband, her lawyer told the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine early Friday.
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Paul Fountain | 1/30/2009
