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The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Islamabad. / Usman.pg via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan 10, 2022 / 09:00 am (CNA).The Supreme Court of Pakistan s decision to grant bail to a Christian accused of blasphemy should give hope to others facing the charge, according to a prominent lawyer.Saif ul Malook welcomed the court s ruling on Jan. 6 that Nadeem Samson should be released on bail. "It is a very important ruling, the first in the judicial history of Pakistan," the lawyer said in a video call reported by the Jubilee Campaign, a nonprofit promoting human rights.Samson, identified as a Catholic by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), was arrested in 2017 and imprisoned in Lahore, Pakistan s second-largest city, after a property dispute. He was charged with insulting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad under Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code.The 42-year-old s supporters believe that he was falsely accused of the crime, which
Human-rights activists in Pakistan are asking the government to address the case of Stephen Masih, a Christian who has been more than two years in custody on blasphemy charges without a trial.