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A Pakistani man accused of spreading disinformation thought to have fuelled anti-immigration riots in Britain was released by authorities on Monday, his lawyer said. Farhan Asif was accused of publishing an article falsely claiming that a Muslim asylum seeker was behind a deadly knife attack on children in the United Kingdom. Asif was arrested last week by Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and remanded in custody twice on charges of cyber terrorism, but he was released Monday after appearing at a court in Lahore. “The FIA have dropped all charges and released him after being unable…

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