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04/11/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Asia Bibi Blasphemy Case: Husband Pleads for Asylum

Asia Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih, said they were in great danger in Pakistan

Asia Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih, said they were in great danger in Pakistan.

The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row has pleaded for asylum from the UK, US or Canada. Asia Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih, said they were in great danger in Pakistan. The Supreme Court overturned her conviction on Wednesday, saying the case against her was based on flimsy evidence. 

Also in the programme: people in New Caledonia in the South Pacific have voted to remain part of France; and a life sentence for the leader of the Shia opposition in Bahrain.

Picture: A Pakistani supporter of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, a hardline religious party, holds an image of Christian woman Asia Bibi during a protest rally following the Supreme Court's decision to acquit her of blasphemy, in Islamabad on November 2, 2018. Credit: Getty Images.

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