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November 26, 2018

Pakistan: Radical Cleric and At Least 1,000 Supporters Arrested
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In Pakistan, authorities arrested Muslim cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi and
over 1,000 of his supporters in a crackdown on protests over the recent
acquittal of a Christian woman previously sentenced to death for
blasphemy. Aasia Bibi was released last month after originally being
convicted in 2010. Massive protests followed the release, led by Rizvi's
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Party, disrupting major cities and thoroughfares
around the country.


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