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Unzipped: Gay Armenia pays tribute to local human rights activist Mikael Danielyan who received the Defender of Freedom award during a reception held at the U.S. Embassy dedicated to Martin Luther King Day. The blog congratulates Danielyan, but also notes that award was not so welcomed by the pro-government media in the country.
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dear defender.praise the Lord.i am an advocate and working for minority communities in pakistan, christians are being persecuted by muslimes, we are defending their rights in the courts of law through all christian communities alliance ACCA, Recently 4 muslims abducted a christian female on gun point from district sahiwal ,they forcibly got converted her into islam and played of marriage with her .father of victim came ACCA and told the facts .