Pakistani Christian woman, Aasia Bibi, who was jailed after being convicted of blasphemy in 2010, is seeking political asylum in France.
“My great desire is to live in France,” she said in an interview with RTL radio.
“France is the country where I received my new life… Anne-Isabelle is an angel for me,” she said, referring to the French journalist who waged a long campaign for her release.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is soon to bestow an honorary citizenship certificate granted to Aasia by the city in 2014.
She said she did not have any meeting scheduled with President Emmanuel Macron, but “obviously I would like the president to hear my request”.
The Pakistani Christian was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in 2010 but she was acquitted by the Supreme Court on October 31 in 2018. She now lives in Canada at an undisclosed location.
