They will release the woman who was sentenced to death for a glass of water in Pakistan

The they denied a glbad of water because she was not a Muslim, she was denounced for denigrating Islam and they gave her death sentence in Pakistan. After eight years of imprisonment, the woman you will get freedom definitely and you can leave the country. This is because the Supreme Court has quashed the sentence by dismissing the motion to invalidate his acquittal.

Asia Bibi was accused of blasphemy and he lived a real nightmare for almost a decade. The Christian, who spent eight years on death row while awaiting the sentence, was released in November and is in custody following protests in Pakistan against her freedom.

Farmer and mother of five, Asia was denounced in 2009 by two neighbors who claimed to have made derogatory comments about Islam after being told not to drink water from her drink. to not be Muslim. The following year a court sentenced her to death and four of them lost their appeal.

The supreme he removed the sentence end of October, triggering Islamist demonstrations organized by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, which virtually paralyzed the country for three days. His case provoked unrest among Christians around the world and was a source of division in Pakistan, where two politicians who showed their support for Bibi they were killedSalman Tasir, governor of Punjab, executed by his own bodyguard.

"The appeal is rejected"said on Tuesday the president of the supreme Pakistani, Asif Saeed Khosa, at the head of the three-judge court that investigated the appeal against the sentence of acquittal pronounced on October 31, so that Bibi is free in definitive form and You can leave the country.

Khosa pointed out that the cleric's lawyer Qari Mohamed Salam, who had appealed against the Christian and denounced her in 2009, could not show error in the acquittal verdict. and had also rejected his request to include scholars of Islam in court.

"Does Islam say that we must punish if the crime has not been proven?", The jurist asked. a room full of peopleamong them, Salam, who was covered with a handkerchief, was upset by the court's decision. The judge also asked the lawyer not to "abuse Islam" and to ask what "image gives Pakistan to the world".

Saiful Malook, the woman's attorney, who returned to Pakistan this weekend after months of exile in Europe for fear of reprisals from radical Islamists, celebrated this decision. "Asia Bibi she is a free woman and will live in a beautiful country, "he said, without revealing his destination, although he reported a few hours earlier that two of the woman's daughters had visited Canada a few days ago. weeks.

The session was held under strict security measures, with the deployment of more than 1,000 police officers around the Supreme Court, to which were added 300 soldiers of the Rangers' militarized force, for fear of Islamist demonstrations. .