After the protests of Islamists: an acquittal against Christin is under examination

After the abolition of the death sentence against Christin Asia Bibi, Islamists have been demonstrating in Pakistan for several days. They have now reached an agreement with the government: a review process is under review and Bibi must remain in the country.

After an agreement between the Islamists and the government, protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman ended in Pakistan. Both parties agreed overnight that Asia Bibi should not leave the country until the decision of the country's Supreme Court is reviewed.

According to the agreement, "the government will not oppose a petition to annul the decision of the Supreme Court of acquittal of Asia Bibi," said spokesman Radical Islamist group Tehreek Labaik Pakistan (TLP). In addition, measures were taken to "prevent Bibi from leaving the country".

We do not know where the woman is currently. According to media reports, she has already fled to the outside of the country.

Lawyer left the country

His lawyer Saiful Malook left Pakistan anxious for his life tomorrow morning. "Under the current circumstances, I can not live in Pakistan," he said before taking the plane to Europe.

He must stay alive, "because I have to continue fighting in court for Asia Bibi," said the 62-year-old. "The safety of my family is also seriously threatened." But to defend his client in court, he will come back if the army gives him security.

"Declaration of bankruptcy of the law"

Human rights activists have called the agreement a "declaration of bankruptcy of the rule of law". "This agreement makes the Pakistani legal system the prey of the Islamist mob". If the Supreme Court had spoken, the government should not let the Islamists override their jurisdiction, said the director of the Endangered Peoples Society, Ulrich Delius, in Göttingen.

The street protests were halted Wednesday after the acquittal of the conviction of Christian Asia Bibi, convicted of blasphemy, after eight years of capital punishment by the Supreme Court of Islamabad. Bibi, then 51, had been accused of pejorative bias in connection with a dispute with Muslim women in their village about the Prophet Muhammad.

TLP asked for Bibi's execution

The mother in five was arrested in 2009 and sentenced to death the following year, as a result of a controversial blasphemy law in the Muslim majority country. After the cancellation of the death penalty, the TLP had demanded the dismissal of the judges and the execution of Bibi.