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– Pakistan: Car rams into journalist who covers religious minorities (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News June 14, 2017

Prior to the attack, journalist Rana Tanveer had been receiving death threats from unidentified people for covering stories about religious minorities in Pakistan.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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