Movie

Freedom for Asia Bibi

20181h 23min

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

Miguel Angel Rutz

Father

Esham Masih

Asia Bibi's daughter

Ashiq Masih

Asia Bibi's husband

Rana Tanweer

Journalist Lahore

Nadeem Anthony

Defense Lawyer

Abdul Rasheed

Imam

Hanif Qershi

Mufti

Mumtaz Qadri

Reza Sayah

Farmhand

Mohammed Idris

Landowner/Accuser

Morris Jalal

Father Catholic TV Lahore

Joseph Nadeem

Educator

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