More witnesses against Muslim cleric in Pakistan blasphemy case
In Pakistan, two more witnesses have come forward against an Islamic cleric charged
with fabricating evidence in the blasphemy case against the Christian child, Rimsha
Masih. The cleric Khalid Jadoon Chishti is also charged with instigating a mob to
kill her. Tahir Naveed Chaudhry of the All-Pakistan Minority Alliance is the lawyer
representing Rimsha’s case. He says that the clerics arrest and the coming forward
of witnesses proves that civil society is waking up to the dangers of the blasphemy
laws. Listen to Tahir Naveed Chaudhry's extended remarks to Vatican Radio: