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Petition · past parliament

Give Asia Bibi and her family asylum in the UK.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Asia Bibi is a Pakistani Christian woman who was accused of blasphemy by several Muslim women in 2010. She was inprisoned and was on death row and has now just been released which has caused riots across the country with thousands of Islamists wanting her dead!
The Pakistani government has caved in to the protesters and refused to let her leave the country essentially giving her another death sentence.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Secure Asia Bibi (and family) safe exit from Pakistan, political asylum in UK.

Timeline

6 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
12 Nov 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Nov 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.