India: Pamphlets incite violence in Gujarat
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Asian Human Rights Commission Pamphlets that try to whip up passion and set one community against the other are in circulation in the violence-torn Gujarat according to the state’s intelligence bureau.
Such pamphlets are being distributed in Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Kutch and many other places.
Submitted on Wed, 04/10/2002 - 23:00
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