Freedom for Asia Bibi

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 31, 2018

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Spanish, Urdu

Production

HazteOir,CitizenGo

Cast

Nadeem Anthony,Joseph Nadeem,Mohammed Idris,Morris Jalal,Esham Masih,Mumtaz Qadri,Asia Bibi,Abdul Rasheed,Hanif Qershi,Ignacio Arsuagaand 5 more

Director

Michal Król,Maciej Grabysa

Writer

Michal Król,Maciej Grabysa

Producer

Alvaro Zulueta,Tomasz Balon,Adan Parszywka,Ignacio Arsuaga,Michal Król

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11853532