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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 US State Dept 2022 report This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
- ↑ United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Botswana: International Religious Freedom Report 2007. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
- ↑ Freedom House website, retrieved 2023-08-08
- United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Botswana: International Religious Freedom Report 2007. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
