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Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: ...Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any action is being taken at EU and UN level to protest at and reverse the sentencing to death of Asia Bibi in Pakistan under the country's blasphemy laws; if his Department has contacted the ambassador of Pakistan and the Pakistani Government on this matter; if he will indicate if he has been briefed on this issue by any...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Jun 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I am gravely concerned about the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi. In November 2010, Mrs. Bibi was sentenced to death by hanging in a Punjab court for blasphemy. I understand that this is the first time a woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan under its blasphemy law. When reports of the case came to the attention of my Department, a senior official contacted the Embassy of Pakistan to...

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