Tag: blasphemy laws

Asia Bibi, a mother of five from Punjab province, was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 and sentenced to hang after she was accused of defiling the name of the Prophet Muhammed during an argument the year before with Muslim colleagues.

THE Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association said that the new law included provisions to ensure that people could still be prosecuted for hate speech.

THE family of Mansor Almaribe, 45, will head to Canberra to plead for help. Officials in Canberra said they had been in touch with the Saudi authorities to request leniency.

ANOTHER Christian died at the hands of Pakistan’s disputed blasphemy law this week. The cause of death has been deemed a heart attack by the government, but many believe he may have been murdered.

BIBI, a mother of four, was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Muslim’s prophet Muhammad. She has been in solitary confinement for the past month after she was sentenced to hang for blasphemy.