The arrest of a foreigner under the country’s harsh blasphemy laws, which can lead to the death penalty, is rare and could strain an otherwise warming relationship between China and Pakistan.
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Asia Bibi, Christian Cleared of Blasphemy Charges, Leaves Pakistan for Canada
Ms. Bibi spent years on death row before her conviction was overturned. After her release last year, protesters called for her execution.
Pakistani Woman Accused of Blasphemy Will Remain Free, Supreme Court Rules
A three-member panel dismissed a challenge to the top court’s October decision to free Asia Bibi, a Christian farmworker who had spent eight years on death row.
Pakistani Christian Freed After Being Cleared in Blasphemy Case
Asia Bibi, who had been on death row for eight years, was released from a women’s prison in central Pakistan and flown to Islamabad late Wednesday.