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Jim McGovern: “The U.S. State Department should press the government of…”

Featuring: Jim McGovern, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 2nd Congressional District

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Pakistani Man Sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON for Practicing His Religion

Published | Video Starts at 03:05

Mr. Speaker, the implications of this injustice are global. When a state legitimizes persecution, it weakens the universal principles of human rights and emboldens similar abuses elsewhere. I urge The U.S. State Department should press the government of Pakistan to release Mubarak Sani from prison. end its persecution of Adi Muslims, repeal discrimination and discriminatory anti Ahmadi laws and hold its international hold and uphold its international human rights obligations. (03:05–03:31)

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Asserts that the U.S. State Department should advocate for Mubarak Sani's release from prison.

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