The New Zealand Herald

Christian freed

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A Christian woman in Pakistan acquitted after eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail. Those familiar with her whereabout­s say she is still in Pakistan. Aasia Bibi was with her family and under heavy security yesterday after being transferre­d to Islamabad under cover of darkness from her prison cell in south Punjab the night before. A letter from European Parliament President Antonio Tajani invited the family to Europe. Her location is secret because religious radicals are demanding her death.

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