ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Watch on Tuesday asked Pakistan to urgently investigate the apparent abductions of four bloggers who campaigned for human rights and religious freedom, saying their near simultaneous disappearances raised concerns of government involvement.

The statement came as leftwing and liberal activists prepared to hold protests throughout the country demanding the bloggers’ release.

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