Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Pakistan Protesters Continue Sit-in Rally

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Hundreds of Islamist activists have occupied a busy crossing here for a fourth consecutive day to protest the execution of a man who assassinated a provincial governor who had been seeking reforms in the country’s blasphemy laws. Supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, who killed Salman Taseer in 2011 while he was governing the country’s most populous province of Punjab, have refused to disperse until the government meets their demands. Those include assurances it will not allow amendments to the...

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