In 2009, Asia Bibi was arrested and accused of criticising the Prophet Muhammad in an argument about her drinking from the same cup as some Muslim women near a well.
She was arrested five days later for blasphemy against Islam and, in 2010, she was sentenced to death by hanging.
After nearly a decade of petitions, visits by the family to the Pope and the UK and growing international interest, she was freed in October.
At the risk of threats from hardline Islamists, lawyer Saif ul-Malook took up Asia Bibi’s case after she lost in the first court
Asia’s case had become high-profile with far-right Muslim groups, such as the TLP party in Pakistan, determined to see her sentence fulfilled, either by the law or by mob-killing.
Before she was acquitted, two politicians were killed for speaking out in her defence – Shahbaz Bhatti and Salman Taseer.
When the Supreme Court decided she would not face the death sentence, there were riots in Pakistan.
Saif ul-Malook fled the country, saying earlier this month that he has been inundated with threats.
He took shelter in the French Embassy in Pakistan for three nights before the army took him to their airport where he eventually went to the Netherlands.
At the Secular Conference event on Sunday, called Sharia, Segregation and Secularism, he delivered the keynote speech, speaking about how he had worked on the case for four years.
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