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| Clashes as protesters demand missing activists face blasphemy charge |
| 2017-01-20 |
| [DAWN] Protesters threw stones at supporters of five missing Pak activists on Thursday and demanded that police charge the missing men under a blasphemy law that carries a mandatory death sentence. The activists, who have posted blogs criticising the political influence of the military and speaking up for the rights of religious minorities, have all gone missing separately since January 4, and it is unclear what happened to them. Shortly after their disappearances, blasphemy allegations against them appeared on social media and in a complaint to police. About 100 members of Tehrik-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah arrived at Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Press Club and started hurling stones at people gathered there to support the missing activists. They rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud asking police to file blasphemy cases against the missing activists and carried banners that read: "Beheading is the punishment of blasphemers." The activists' supporters were forced to withdraw into a nearby building. Civil society activists said that instead of giving satisfactory answers over the recovery of the missing activists, the government and its institutions are trying to "veil their incompetence and wrongdoings by running a malicious campaign against the abductees". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Much like in DC today |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-20 23:36 |