YouTube video of the day: Singing for Aasia Bibi’s release
The song, featuring Ooberfuse – an electro-pop band from the United Kingdom – is a part of the Free Asia Bibi media awareness campaign, aiming to raise voice for her release.
The video shows re-enactments of Aasia Bibi – a Pakistani Christian mother of five – seen languishing in jail after being awarded a death sentence for blasphemy.
The woman who plays Aasia is shown in poor condition, with bruises all over her body as she sits in solitary confinement, while the singers of the band are seen singing for her liberation.
As the video progresses, Aasia is seen receiving sealed envelopes containing pictures of blue skies, captioned with motivational words like “hope”, “courage”, “keep the faith”.
Slowly and gradually her prison wall is full of blue skies.
Video rating: Thumbs up.
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everyone should obey the rules and respect for other religion . if asisa violate the rule she must have to in jail according to law. and as all know she violate the rule.
these people think that what they are doing is right and they have all the rights in the world to do it! When Muslims do any thing which is even right, these westerners make it look filthier and condemnable by every angle. Actually the rule is very simple; give respect, have respect! Don't interfere in others religious matters and rights and everyone shall be in peace!!
Christians in Pakistan should live according to the laws of country. Just like Muslims are forced not to wear hijab in France, no minarets in Switzerland, no one can say anything bad about holocaust as its sentence by life throughout western countries
What about Arifa Sidiqque. Will they make a song for her who has been given 86 years of imprisonment by the Champions of Humanity in USA. You all are prompt to interfere in Muslim countries affair because that is a part of Agenda.
I wish that Express Tribune could also promote campaigns for the release of Aafia Siddiqui bcoz this is not in the priority list of secular and liberal media.
@ij you missed the point man. Not every prejudice, bigotry, hatered can be wired in the law .. lets clean the law together.
@ordinary villager Aafia Siddique is a US citizen, let her al-qaeda friends worry about her. We should worry about daughter of Pakistan Aasia bibi.
@Rehan Hopefully a fanatic like you would have murdered shakeel afridi by the time America starts that campaign.
Hopefully in some days american will start a campaign name "Free Shakil Afridi" and may be in few weeks, we will see the song as well...
wow ..what a rocking music.. I'm dancing...
@ordinary villager. so two wrongs will make it right. so if afia cant live then we should also kill aasia? How can we expect others to do the same thing that we are not willing to do ourselves.
at least they did manage to make a music video about an issue. It very easy to criticize what people do, try doing something on your own. for them Asia Bibi's issue is of priority , if you think its Dr. Afia then go do something to get your message across rather than criticizing other peoples work.
Nice propaganda ET
@ij: "christians in pakistan should respect the law" --- O' ya? How about yourself and the rest of your kind respecting law and live by some kind of ethical guideline and have the moral courage to see wrong for wrong and condemn it without any of your inherent bigotry.
@ij who writes "christians in pakistan should respect the law"
Right.
Except for Muslims, others have to respect the law.
By the way, what next, a song for releasing Mumtaz Qadri? When will you sing for the release of Shakil Afridi?
Aasia Bibi should be freed! Please support this campaign for the sake of humanity & justice.
Free Asia Bibi! Please!
So songs could be made for Asia Bibi but Dr Aafia is languishing in American Jails and anyway who would care as Aafia is a Muslim so she deserve to die while Aasia is a Chritian and she deserves to live. Such a hypocrisy of the West and the so called Champions of Freedom ??