After being acquited of blasphemy charges on Wednesday several news agencies are now reporting that Asia Bibi's release is being delayed because of protests by radical groups. 

Protests erupted across Pakistan after the Supreme Court gave their decision last week. The protests have caused wide disruption in the country.

Bibi's family said last week they were expecting her release and she would be allowed to leave the country Thursday night.

However, her release has now been delayed "after authorities agreed to bar her from flying abroad following talks with radical Islamists who want her publicly hanged," according to the Associated Press.

The government has agreed to conduct a review of the verdict, and Bibi reportedly won't be allowed to leave the country until the Supreme Court conducts that review. In exchange, radical religious leaders have agreed to call off the protests.

Bibi's husband, Ashiq Masih, has been making pleas for countries to grant his family asylum. Her lawyer, Saif Mulook, has already fled Pakistan because he feared for his life, the BBC says.

Masih made his plea to the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada in a video.

He told German broadcaster DW that "the agreement has sent a shiver down my spine. It is wrong to set a precedent in which you pile pressure onto the judiciary."

Masih says that he and his family are afraid for their safety and that his wife has "already suffered greatly."