The lawyer who represented a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy has fled to the Netherlands, a Dutch Christian rights group said on Monday.
Asia Bibi’s lawyer, Saiful Mulook, left Pakistan on Saturday, due to fear that he could be attacked after Bibi’s conviction was overturned by Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Association for Persecuted Christians said. Bibi was convicted of blasphemy in 2010 for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Islam and had been sentenced to death. Mulook helped overturn the decision, and has been threatened by angry mobs. Two politicians who tried to help Bibi have already been assassinated. Several parties in Dutch parliament have said they support providing temporary shelter to Bibi.
Published in Daily Times, November 6th 2018.
