The New Zealand Herald

Bibi still can’t go

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A Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row in Pakistan has been transferre­d from a secret location near the capital to another in Karachi, but is still unable to join her daughters in Canada, a friend said. Aman Ullah, who spoke to Aasia Bibi by telephone, said the 54-year-old is being held in a room. He said Bibi, who faces death threats by radical Islamists, is frustrated and frightened, uncertain of when she will be able to leave. “She has no indication of when she will leave . . . they are not telling her why she cannot leave,” said Ullah, who fled the country after receiving threats from extremists angered by his assistance to Bibi.

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