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The Pakistani lawyer who rescued a Christian convicted of death row blasphemy said Monday that the UN and EU had him leave the country "against my will" because his life was in danger.
Saif-ul-Malook, who fled to the Netherlands, said he had contacted a UN official in Islamabad after the Islamist violence that erupted as a result of the Supreme Court's acquittal Pakistani on Asia Bibi Wednesday.
"And then (the United Nations) and the ambbadadors of the European nations in Islamabad, they kept me for three days and then put in a plane against my will," said the lawyer at the time. a press conference in The Hague.
"I urged them to leave the country only if I took out Asia from prison … I'm not happy to be here without her but, but everyone said you're the one main target for the moment and that the whole world is taking care of Asia Bibi.
"They were of the opinion that I was the main target of my death and that my life was in imminent danger.For three days, they did not let me open the door.One day, j & rsquo; I called the French ambbadador to tell him that I did not want to be here. "
The lawyer had previously told AFP, before his departure Saturday, his departure, because "in the current scenario, it is impossible for me to live in Pakistan."
The defense lawyer for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian convicted of blasphemy,
AP
Saif-ul-Malook arrived in The Hague this weekend after a brief stopover in Rome, with the help of the HVC Foundation, a Dutch group dedicated to the human rights of Christian minorities.
Asia Bibi spent nearly a decade in the death row after being accused of blasphemy as a result of a dispute with villagers. The charge is inflammatory in Pakistan's Muslim majority.
"Exercise to save face"
But she remains in Pakistan after Prime Minister Imran Khan has reached an agreement with Islamist extremists at the start of the protests.
Saif-ul-Malook called the deal a "saving" operation for the Tehreek-e-Labaik party's extremists and insisted that Asia Bibi would be "100%" released soon.
"This compromise is nothing but a piece of paper that can be thrown in the trash," he said.
It was not clear if Bibi had received a firm asylum offer if she left Pakistan, added the lawyer, who stated that he was "legally allowed" to choose a country for her.
The lawyer said that a UN official in Pakistan had told him "we take care of her" but that "when I said which country, they said that we could not say.
"I asked the ambbadador of France" would your country be willing to offer asylum to Asia Bibi. He said that if you asked us legally, I would say "OK, I'm asking for it". "
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