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Feature film — 2018

Freedom for Asia Bibi (2018)

0.01h 23mDocumentary

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.

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Director: Michal Król

On screen

Cast & crew

Anne-Isabelle Tollet as Journalist/Writer

Anne-Isabelle Tollet

Journalist/Writer

Asia Bibi as

Asia Bibi

Ignacio Arsuaga as

Ignacio Arsuaga

M

Miguel Angel Rutz

Father

Esham Masih as Asia Bibi's daughter

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

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