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ISLAMABAD (REUTERS) – The husband of a Pakistani Christian acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy appealed to US President Donald Trump for refuge, citing the danger to life of his family.
Ashiq Masih, the husband of Asia Bibi, whose case outraged Christians around the world and was a source of division in Pakistan, also appealed for help in the United Kingdom and Canada .
The ultra-right Tehreek-e-Labaik (TLP) party blocked for three days the main roads of Pakistan's largest cities, demanding the assassination of Supreme Court justices who acquitted Asia Bibi on Wednesday (October 31) and appointing Prime Minister Imran Khan. and the army of the main enemies of the country of Islam.
The TLP canceled the protests on Friday, November 2 after entering into an agreement with the government that could see the authorities seek to register Bibi on an "exit checklist" preventing him from leaving the country and opening up a review of the verdict in the newspaper. courts.
"I ask the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to help us out of Pakistan," said Masih in a video recorded by the British Pakistani Christian Association and seen by Reuters.
"I also ask the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to help us, I also ask the Prime Minister of Canada," he said while asking for help on behalf of his brother, Jospeh Nadeem, who had assisted in the case of Bibi.
The US Embassy and the British and Canadian High Commissions in Islamabad did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video.
On Saturday, Bibi's lawyer, Saiful Mulook, told Reuters that he had left Pakistan "to save the life of an angry mob" and fear for the safety of his family.
Bibi was found guilty of blasphemy in 2010 for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Islam after neighbors objected to her drinking water as she was not drinking. was not Muslim. She has always denied blasphemy.
His case attracted the attention of Salman Taseer, then governor of Punjab province, who defended Bibi before being murdered by his bodyguard in 2011. The TLP was founded by a Support movement to Taseer's killer, hanged in 2016.
Federal Minority Minister Shahbaz Bhatti was also killed after demanding his release.
Bibi's whereabouts are unknown, but the TLP has warned the authorities against leaving the country.
"There will be a war if they send Asia out of the country," said TLP leader Khadim Hussein Rizvi, following the conclusion of the agreement with the government.
The Islamist parties characterized the liberation of Bibi by the Pakistani government, which yielded to Western demands.
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