A Pakistani court has granted bail to a Christian couple accused of blasphemy, citing insufficient evidence. A rights group has called it a "landmark judgment," which has sparked calls for changes to the nation's controversial blasphemy laws.
A Pakistani court has granted bail to a Christian couple accused of blasphemy, citing insufficient evidence. A rights group has called it a “landmark judgment,” which has sparked calls for changes to the nation’s controversial blasphemy laws.
A Christian couple in Pakistan’s Punjab Province have been charged with blasphemy, raising alarm about the misuse of the nation’s contentious religious law, less than a month after mob attacks targeted over 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in the same province.