One and a half years after a young Pakistani Christian couple
were tortured and burnt alive in a brick kiln after being accused
of blasphemy, a court has granted bail to the prime suspect in the
case, which had caused national outrage.
were tortured and burnt alive in a brick kiln after being accused
of blasphemy, a court has granted bail to the prime suspect in the
case, which had caused national outrage.
Yousaf Gujjar, who was granted bail this week, is the main accused among more than 100 others who were charged with beating and burning alive Shehzad Masih and his pregnant wife, Shama Bibi, parents of four, in the same klin where the couple worked as bonded laborers in November 2014. After the bail hearing at Kasur district in the province of Punjab, the victims' family was in tears, according to a Pakistani Christian non-profit, Legal Evangelical Assistance and Development, or LEAD.
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