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| Subject: Definitely Kill The Lawyers First: Pakistani lawyers' group behind spike in blasphemy death penalty cases Sat Mar 12, 2016 1:21 am | |
| A little-known alliance of hundreds of lawyers in Pakistan is behind the rise in prosecutions for blasphemy, a crime punishable by death that goes to the heart of an ideological clash between reformers and religious conservatives.
The group, whose name translates as 'The Movement for the Finality of the Prophethood', offers free legal advice to complainants and has packed courtrooms with representatives, a tactic critics say is designed to help it gain convictions.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/pakistani-lawyers-group-behind-spike-in-blasphemy-death-penalty-cases-20160307-gnc7rd.html#ixzz42fQA8xvN |
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