The Spanish government expressed support Thursday to the family of a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death under the South Asian country's controversial blasphemy law.
Spain's deputy foreign minister, Gonzalo de Benito, met here Thursday with the husband of Asia Bibi, Asiq Mashi, who traveled to Madrid with one of the couple's children to accept an award on his wife's behalf.
De Benito asked about Bibi's situation and voiced solidarity with her family, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The deputy minister also reiterated Spain's support for Bibi's battle against her blasphemy conviction. [Indo-Asian News Service] Read more
