Pakistan demands Asia Bibi's hanging

Asia Bibi was accused of insulting Islam in a row with her neighbours in 2009. She was convicted by the trial court in 2010. Her death sentence was maintained by the Lahore High Court in 2014. She always maintained her innocence but has spent most of the past eight years in solitary confinement. She appealed against the conviction in the Supreme Court, which for the first time heard the case in July 2015. Bibi was the first woman who was given death sentence under the blasphemy laws. According to officials, Bibi might be flown out of Pakistan due to the threat to her life. It is not clear where she will go as several countries, including Canada, have offered asylum to her.