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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani Christian woman, whose conviction for blasphemy against Islam was rescinded last week by the Supreme Court, has been released from prison and is in a safe place for fear of being arrested. to be assaulted, officials said.
Three security officials told Reuters that Asia Bibi, a mother of five, had been released from a prison in Multan, a town in South Punjab province.
She was flown to the airport, near the capital, Islamabad, but was on remand because of death threats, said the three officials, speaking under the guise of death. ;anonymity.
Bibi's lawyer – who fled the country this week and asked for asylum in the Netherlands – confirmed that she was no longer in jail.
"All I can tell you is that she was released," said Reuters, a lawyer in the Netherlands, Saif-ul-Mulook's lawyer.
(Report by Asif Shahzad, Written by Kay Johnson, Edited by Hugh Lawson)
