Afghanistan: Four awarded death sentences by Afghan court on lynching woman for blasphemy

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Afghan woman brutally lynched on 19 March, 2015 by an enraged Muslim mob in Kabul capital of Afghanistan was accused of burning a copy of the Koran, and in response she was beaten, tortured to death, then her corpse was set ablaze.

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By AT Staff / PCP / IBT | May 6, 2015

KABUL: Reportedly, an Afghan Judge Safiullah Mojaddidi has sentenced four men to death for the public lynching in Kabul of a 27 years old Afghan woman and announced that the convicted Zainul Abiddin, Mohammad Yaqub, Mohammad Sharif and Abdul Bashir would be hanged.

The death sentence for the four main accused and 16-year prison terms for eight others were pronounced on Wednesday, 5 May, 2015. The remaining accused will face their verdict on Sunday while three key suspects remain at large according to Afghanistan's Tolo News Agency. The judge had delivered the sentence for 30 of the 49 accused.

Afghan woman brutally lynched on 19 March, 2015 by an enraged Muslim mob in Kabul capital of Afghanistan was accused of burning a copy of the Koran, and in response she was beaten, tortured to death, then her corpse was set ablaze.

In Pakistan, last year, on 4 November, 2014, a charged Muslim mob of about 1500 attacked a young Christian couple, Shahzad and his pregnant wife Shama, after accusing them of desecration of Quranic pages and after beating the two, mob burnt them alive in the brick kiln where they worked. The couple had three minors.

The case is still pending in a Pakistani court and there is no telling how long the justice will be delayed for the Christian couple.


Read source posts here: PCP: Afghanistan: Death sentence by Afghan court on lynching woman for blasphemy  IBT: Farkhunda Lynching: Four Sentenced to Death for Killing Afghan Woman,

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