Asia Bibi spent eight years on death row, accused of insulting Islam’s Prophet Mohammad.
She has always maintained her innocence.
Here’s how people responded to the news:
Tahir Khalil Singh, Asia Bibi’s Christian lawyer said: “I am so satisfied and thankful to Jesus Christ that she has been acquitted. But who is responsible for these ten years she spent in the jail behind bars in isolation?”
Catholic Communications Network explained what they were praying for: “May our Lord bless and protect Asia and her family. We now pray for peace for all in Pakistan, particularly those Christians and other minorities under threat from extremists.”
Prime Minister Theresa May replied to a question from Christian and Conservative MP Fiona Bruce in PMQs by saying: “The news out of Pakistan of the release of Asia Bibi will be very welcome to her family and to all those who have campaigned in Pakistan, and indeed around the world, for her release. Our long-standing position on the death penalty is well known: we call for its abolition globally.”
Baroness Berridge, a Christian politician and co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on international freedom of religion and belief told Premier: “This is a systemic problem and it hasn’t changed or reformed the laws of blasphemy in Pakistan per se.”
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