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| Amnesty urges release of jailed Christian woman |
| 2010-11-20 |
| [Pak Daily Times] An international human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... advocate has joined calls for the release of a Christian woman sentenced to death under the country's blasphemy laws. Amnesty International on Friday also called on Pakistain to revise the law under which mother of five, Aasia Bibi, had been convicted this month. The case stems from a dispute between Aasia and a group of Mohammedan women over the use of a water bowl. The other women accused her of making blasphemous remarks. She has been in prison for one and a half years and her case had been appealed. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday urged Pakistain to release Aasia. The case has drawn attention to blasphemy laws, which critics say were being used to persecute Christian and other minorities. |
| Posted by:Fred |