Bibi’s family says she plans to leave the country as Islamists raged for a second day against the country’s Supreme Court verdict, blocking roads and burning tires. Protesters are calling for her to be publicly hanged.
The alleged incident occurred when Bibi took a sip of water while she was working. Her Muslim colleagues accused her of contaminating the water because she was a Christian.
She’s been sitting in prison ever since with the threat of execution hanging over her head.
Human rights activists have been actively seeking her release over the past several years to repeal the Pakistani court’s death sentence.
No Pakistani Christian has been held on blasphemy charges longer than Bibi. If she had lost her final appeal, she could have been put to death.
Pakistan’s 295-C blasphemy law is based on sharia (Islamic law), which mandates execution for those found guilty of committing blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed.
Even with the court’s decision to free her, she is likely not safe.
