In 2010, Asia Bibi got into a dispute with neighbours and co-workers after they objected to her drinking water from their glass because she was not Muslim. She was later reported for defiling the name of the prophet Mohammed during the argument and became the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law.
According to DailyMailOnline, two prominent politicians who tried to help Ms Bibi were assassinated, one by his own bodyguard, Lawyers showered the killer with rose petals when he appeared in court and the judge who convicted him of murder had to flee the country.
Mrs Bibi - a farm worker from rural Punjab - last year released a memoir called 'Blasphemy', the New York Post reported. She described how she has no idea how long she has left to live.
Talking about how she ended up in her position, she says:
'I drank water from a well belonging to Muslim women, using 'their' cup, in the burning heat of the midday sun.'I, Asia Bibi, have been sentenced to death because I was thirsty. I'm a prisoner because I used the same cup as those Muslim women, because water served by a Christian woman was regarded as unclean by my stupid fellow fruit-pickers.'
In the book, Mrs Bibi describes how she ended up in this desperate situation on June 14, 2009 after going fruit-picking in the blazing sun.Dripping with sweat as midday approached, she decided to head towards a well for a drink of water.
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