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India-Pakistan
'Blasphemy' girl moves to Canada
2013-07-01
[Pak Daily Times] A Christian girl who was incarcerated
Please don't kill me!
for alleged blasphemy last year and forced into hiding for fear of her life has moved to Canada, an activist said on Sunday.

Rimsha Masih could have faced life in prison if convicted over allegations that she set fire to pages of the holy Koran in the poor, run-down neighbourhood where she lived on the edge of Islamabad.

She was arrested last August and spent three weeks on remand in one of Pakistain's toughest jails in a case that drew widespread international condemnation.

She was released on bail and the case against her was quashed in November, but she and her family were forced into hiding, living under government protection for fear of their lives.

But a Christian activist in Pakistain told AFP on Sunday that Rimsha and her close relatives had moved to Canada.

"Rimsha and her family have arrived in Canada," Sajid Ishaq said.

"The Canadian government is supporting them. They are presently doing a foundation course to learn basic English," he said.

Basharat Masih, a Pak policeman who said he had been assigned to Rimsha's protection, also confirmed that they had left.

"They are being taken care of by the Canadian government and attending church services," he told AFP.
Posted by:Fred

#5  From your mouth to the ear of G*d, CS.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-07-01 12:31  

#4  re: #1 g(r)omgoru True, they can get to her in some parts of Canada,mostly the big cities. BUT . . . . there are a LOT of places in Canada where they cannot get to her. From time to time I frequent some of those places and I can assure you that they do exist.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper   2013-07-01 11:01  

#3  She wanted the free health care.
Posted by: Glarong Sneart4734   2013-07-01 10:35  

#2  There was a time the United States of America would have taken her in, in a flash - Now ?!?
Posted by: Au Auric   2013-07-01 09:35  

#1  They can get to her in Canada.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-07-01 05:46  

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