Saif ul-Malook (pictured above right), who helped get Asia Bibi’s conviction overturned, has told lawyers and academics in London that he is involved with another blasphemy case in Pakistan.
He told a seminar chaired by a London-based barrister that no Christian accused of blasphemy could get a fair trial in Pakistan.
Ms Bibi, a Pakistani, was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed after she drank from the same well as Muslim co-workers. She was held for eight years before her conviction was overturned by the Pakistani Supreme Court. She now lives in Canada.
Mr ul-Malook, who is also Pakistani, aired his thoughts at a seminar, staged to discuss freedom of religion in Pakistan and chaired by barrister Zimran Samuel, during a visit to London.
He said that when he took up Ms Bibi’s case no one would help him because they thought they would not be safe in his company.
“Can a Christian accused of blasphemy get a fair trial in Pakistan?” Mr ul-Malook asked.
“The short answer is ‘no’. A big ‘no’.”
He said no one would sit with him when he was working on Ms Bibi’s case and added: “They said, ‘he is going to get killed. Why should we sit with him to be killed?'”
Mr ul-Malook was asked why he was continuing to work in Pakistan when his life was at risk.
He said he wanted to keep helping…
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