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The prosecution and show trials of those against the stolen election continues. Above is Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the former Vice-President and reformist blogger as he appeared before and during his trial. He is now blogging from prison and writes there was no significant election fraud. He certainly looks like a man who has been broken. As Grouch Marx once said, “Are you going to believe me or your own lying eyes?”
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Watch the first in our video series on Pakistan.