Friday, 2 August 2013

Pakistan: Blasphemy-accused Aasia Bibi shifted to Multan women's jail over security concerns


According to the Express Tribune, even within the jail, she has been kept in a separate cell and will be allowed to come out for only two hours daily.

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By ANI | August 1, 2013

Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death on blasphemy charges, has been shifted to the Multan women's prison amid high security.

The move comes as Bibi fears for her life following a recent attack on the central jail in Dera Ismail Khan leading to hundreds of prisoners fleeing.

According to the Express Tribune, even within the jail, she has been kept in a separate cell and will be allowed to come out for only two hours daily.

Sources said that after the DI Khan jailbreak Aasia, 32, faced death threats, adding that the Shiekhupura jail, where Aasia was kept earlier, was vulnerable to a DI Khan jail siege-like attack.
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