Protests delay release of 'blasphemous' Christian woman
The release of a Pakistani Christian woman who was acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy has been delayed. Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad in a dispute with her neighbours.The mother-of-three, 47, has always maintained her innocence - but has spent the majority of the past eight years in solitary confinement.Her release was delayed following protests by radical Islamists, who want her publicly hanged, and failed talks between them and the government. Image: Asia Bibi denies the charge but has spent years in solitary confinement A lawyer representing a local cleric who had raised the initial blasphemy charges against Ms Bibi petitione...