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Freedom for Asia Bibi (2018)
Directed by Maciej Grabysa, Michal Król
Documentary · 1h 23m
Depicts the case of religious persecution suffered by the Christian Pakistani Asia Bibi (Aasiya Noreen), falsely accused of blasphemy in 2010 by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging. In October 2018, the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted her based on insufficient evidence, though she was not allowed to leave Pakistan until the verdict was reviewed. She was held under armed guard and was not able to leave the country until 7 May 2019; she arrived in Canada the next day.
Cast
Anne-Isabelle Tollet
Journalist/Writer
Asia Bibi
Ignacio Arsuaga
M
Miguel Angel Rutz
Father
Esham Masih
Asia Bibi's daughter
A
Ashiq Masih
Asia Bibi's husband
R
Rana Tanweer
Journalist Lahore
N
Nadeem Anthony
Defense Lawyer
A
Abdul Rasheed
Imam
H
Hanif Qershi
Mufti
M
Mumtaz Qadri
R
Reza Sayah
Farmhand
Crew
- Director
- Maciej Grabysa, Michal Król
- Writer
- Michal Król, Maciej Grabysa
- Editor
- Marcin Dulemba
- Producer
- Adan Parszywka, Ignacio Arsuaga, Tomasz Balon-Mroczka, Alvaro Zulueta
Details
- Release date
- 2018-10-31
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish, Urdu
- Production
- CitizenGo, HazteOir