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In Pakistan do we think the authorities treat non Asians that have broken the law with kid gloves so as not to offend?
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Some good news from Pakistan today :-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46040515
Asia Bibi: Pakistan acquits Christian woman on death row
A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has polarised the nation.
Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours.
She always maintained her innocence, but has spent most of the past eight years in solitary confinement.
The landmark ruling has already set off protests by hardliners who support strong blasphemy laws.
There was a heavy police presence at the Supreme Court in Islamabad as many feared violence could break out.
People have also been gathering for protests against the verdict in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar, and hundreds blocked a road between Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Dawn newspaper reported.
Chief Justice Saqib Nisarm, who read out the ruling, said Asia Bibi could walk free from jail in Sheikupura, near Lahore, immediately if not wanted in connection with any other case.
She was not in court to hear the ruling, but reacted to the verdict from prison with apparent disbelief.
"I can't believe what I am hearing, will I go out now? Will they let me out, really?" AFP news agency quoted her as saying by phone.
What was Asia Bibi accused of?
The trial stems from an argument Asia Bibi, whose full name is Asia Noreen, had with a group of women in June 2009.
They were harvesting fruit when a row broke out about a bucket of water. The women said that because she had used a cup, they could no longer touch it, as her faith had made it unclean.
Prosecutors alleged that in the row which followed, the women said Asia Bibi should convert to Islam and that she made three offensive comments about the Prophet Muhammad in response.
She was later beaten up at her home, during which her accusers say she confessed to blasphemy. She was arrested after a police investigation.
Fallout to continue
By Secunder Kermani, BBC News, Islamabad
The court delivered its verdict quickly, no doubt aware of the sensitivity of the case and the danger of a violent reaction to it.
Asia Bibi's lawyer, closely flanked by a policeman, told me he was "happy" with the verdict, but also afraid for his and his client's safety.
Even after she is freed, the legacy of her case will continue. Shortly after her conviction a prominent politician, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, was murdered for speaking out in her support and calling for the blasphemy laws to be reformed.
The killer - Mumtaz Qadri - was executed, but has become a cult hero with a large shrine dedicated to him on the outskirts of Islamabad.
His supporters also created a political party - campaigning to preserve the blasphemy laws - which gathered around two million votes in this year's general election.
It's the same party which many fear could be responsible for violent unrest in the coming days.
GT49er
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Good news? That the poor lady will be released to an environment where people will be trying to kill her and her family, with the police at the very least turning a blind eye? That they will have to leave their homeland (if they can get away) to prevent them living in fear for the rest of their lives?
Or the fact that there is a major state out there which actively encourages medieval barbarity (and passes laws to support it) that is not subject to sanctions? It's time they were dragged, kicking and screaming if necessary, into the 19th. century (that'd be a start).
Fully aware of that . Misplaced sarcasm in my choice of words .
GT49er
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OK, no prob.
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7 more filthy animals off the street!
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-51548807
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-leeds-51548807
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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Here is another one who admitted to offenses that he previously denied. Happened last year, must have missed the thread bounce.
https://www.irishnews.com/news/nort...ine-year-old-admits-further-offences-1636372/
https://www.irishnews.com/news/nort...ine-year-old-admits-further-offences-1636372/
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Yep another filthy animal [emoji106]
Fled to Canada apparently
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...life-in-canada-but-her-ordeal-may-not-be-over
Billy the Fish
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Hopeful news, if not quite good news - predictably a bunch of barbaric antedluvian fanatical murderous scumbags will still be trying to kill her - the 'barsteds'! Hope they get caught (before they harm her) and spend the rest of their worthless lives in prison, guarded by very unsympathetic Canadian Roman Catholic warders!
Best wishes for the lady and her family, and hope they have a wonderful future in a country where, unlike Pakistan, barbarism is unacceptable.
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Wellesley
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- Jul 24, 2013
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Catch 'em, bin' em, kill 'em.
Before feeding the remains to pigs .
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Regretfully this particular group of animals will be out in three years and back on the cabs...