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Most suspects in a 2023 anti-Christian rampage in Pakistan are still at large, a rights group says

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MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Amnesty International says most of the suspects in a rampage last year against minority Christians in eastern Pakistan over alleged blasphemy are still at large and authorities have failed to deliver justice to the victims. The group said in a statement Friday on the anniversary of the attack that the inadequate response by authorities has allowed a climate of impunity. The attack, in which churches and homes of Christians were destroyed, erupted after Muslims alleged that they saw a local Christian and his friend desecrating pages from a Quran. Blasphemy accusations are common in Pakistan. Under its laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or Islamic religious figures can be sentenced to death.

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