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CRSS report: 52 murdered in two decades over blasphemy
by Umer Nangiana
Express Tribune
September 10, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/3006/crss-report-52-murdered-in-two-decades-over
Excerpt:
ISLAMABAD:
Ever since the introduction of stringent amendments in blasphemy laws under General Ziaul Haq's rule, more people suffered from communal clashes than ever in the sub-continent. Since 1990 alone, fifty-two people have been extra-judicially murdered on charges of blasphemy.
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