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Friday, 28 February 2020

Asia Bibi: Pakistani woman jailed for blasphemy claims asylum in France

Emmanuel Macron invites Christian who spent eight years on death row to live in country

Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row on blasphemy charges, has filed an initial application for asylum in France and been invited to live in the country by Emmanuel Macron.

But speaking after a meeting with the French president in the Elysée palace on Friday, Bibi said she had not decided where she would settle. She was acquitted last year and granted a one-year leave of stay with her family in Canada.

Related: Asia Bibi, Pakistani accused of blasphemy, yearns to return home

Related: Asia Bibi, Pakistani accused of blasphemy, yearns to return home

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