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In Pakistan, a WhatsApp message – even an alleged one – can have deadly consequences. Last week, a court in Gujrat district, Punjab, sentenced a 22-year-old student to death on charges of sharing blasphemous pictures and videos.
An angry mob has attacked a police station in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province, killing a man detained on allegations of blasphemy, prompting Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif to order an investigation into the incident.
Pakistani authorities intensified their clampdown on media, civil society groups, and opposition activists in 2022, while failing to protect the rights of minorities and other at-risk groups.
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