Sentences with phrase «blasphemy laws often»
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Mumtaz Qadri (below) was the bodyguard of the governor of Punjab Province Salman Taseer, but he murdered him in 2011 because he was an outspoken critic of the country's blasphemy laws - which are often used to target Christians and other minorities.
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The US State Department flagged anti-conversion and blasphemy laws as one of its biggest concerns for religious freedom globally, stating in 2012 that «such laws often violate freedoms of religion and expression and often are applied in a discriminatory manner.»