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✣ Britain ‘will not offer Asia Bibi asylum’

What happened?

Britain is not offering asylum to Asia Bibi because of concerns it may “stir unrest” among some British Pakistanis, according to a campaigner. Wilson Chowdhry, chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said two other Western countries had offered Asia Bibi asylum but not Britain. The Home Office said it would not comment on individual cases. The Catholic mother of five has spent eight years on death row but was acquitted of blasphemy last month.