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Aasiya Noreen (Asia Bibi)
Date: 01 Jun, 2009
Address: Islamabad, Pakistan
Referred By: BBC News and Al Jazeera
Action Taken: In November 2010, a court in Sheikhupura, Punjab, sentenced her to death under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code. The Lahore High Court upheld the sentence in 2014. After spending eight years on death row, the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted her in October 2018, citing insufficient evidence. Her acquittal led to widespread protests by religious hardliners. She was finally able to leave Pakistan for Canada in May 2019.
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A Christian woman and a farm laborer, Aasiya Noreen, commonly known as Asia Bibi, was accused of making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad during a dispute with fellow Muslim women over a cup of water. The women reportedly refused to drink water from the same vessel as a Christian.
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