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Asia Bibi case according to Wikipedia.
Background and arrest
In June 2009, Noreen was harvesting falsa ( berries) with a group of other farmhands in a field in Sheikhupura. She was asked at one point to fetch water from a nearby well; she complied but stopped to take a drink with an old metal cup she had found lying next to the well.
A neighbour of Noreen, who had been involved in a running feud with Noreen's family about some property damage, saw her and angrily told her that it was forbidden for a Christian to drink water from the same utensil from which Muslims drink, and some of the other workers considered her to be unclean because she was a Christian.
Some arguments ensued. Noreen recounts that when they made derogatory statements about her religion, she responded, "I believe in my religion and in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for the sins of mankind. What did your Prophet Mohammed ever do to save mankind?"
Later, some of the workers complained to a cleric that Noreen insulted Prophet Muhammad . What they accused her of saying, which would be stated in the later court verdict, differs from her version. A mob came to her house, beating her and members of her family before she was rescued by the police.
The police initiated an investigation about her remarks, resulting in her arrest . She subsequently was imprisoned for over a year before being formally charged.
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