The civil society has welcomed the court for granting bail to the blasphemy accused Stephen Masih, who has been facing imprisonment in a fabricated case despite being of an unsound mind.
They called upon the government to introduce measures to stop the misuse of blasphemy laws, protect the victims against mob violence, and enforce the existing provisions to criminalize perjury, false and malicious accusations..
In a statement issued on the occasion of international human rights day, the chairperson of the Voice for Justice Joseph Jansen said that the imposition of the religious ideology of the Muslims on Non-Muslims citizens while introducing laws and policies is a highly discriminatory act by the government.