The mother-of-five was arrested, convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and later handed the death penalty for a crime her family and lawyers say is largely based on hearsay.
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By News.com.au | November 4, 2014
IT ALL started because her Muslim colleagues allegedly refused to share water with her and ended with a death sentence.
Asia Bibi was working on a farm in Punjab, Pakistan, when her co-workers accused the Christian woman of blasphemy and insulting the Prophet Muhammad following an argument over water.
The mother-of-five was arrested, convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and later handed the death penalty for a crime her family and lawyers say is largely based on hearsay.
But despite her claims of innocence, a court in Lahore upheld the verdict that Mrs Bibi be hanged.
Now her family and human rights campaigners have launched a last-ditch effort to free her, claiming the case against her is flawed with questions remaining over the court proceedings.
Amnesty International also claim the blasphemy laws being used to prosecute Mrs Bibi violate international law.
Christians make up less than two per cent of Pakistan’s 180 million population and have faced increasing persecution in recent years, Fox News reported.
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