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Court Overturns Death Sentences in Mob Killing of Afghan Woman: Judge
An Afghan appeal court has overturned the death sentences given to four men for the lynching in March of a woman falsely accused of blasphemy in Kabul, a judge said Thursday.
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4 Sentenced to Death in Kabul Lynching Case
An Afghan court today sentenced four men to death for the public lynching in Kabul of a 27-year-old woman falsely accused of burning the Koran.
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Afghan Court Shows Video of Mob Lynching Woman in Kabul
Video of a crowd killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court on Sunday in the trial of nearly 50 people over a lynching that prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.
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Afghans Protest Lynching of Woman for Allegedly Burning Koran
Hundreds of protesters shouting "Down with ignorance!" urged the Afghan government today to bring to justice the killers of a woman lynched by a mob for allegedly burning the Koran.
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Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent
An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.
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Court Overturns Death Sentences in Mob Killing of Afghan Woman: Judge
An Afghan appeal court has overturned the death sentences given to four men for the lynching in March of a woman falsely accused of blasphemy in Kabul, a judge said Thursday.
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4 Sentenced to Death in Kabul Lynching Case
An Afghan court today sentenced four men to death for the public lynching in Kabul of a 27-year-old woman falsely accused of burning the Koran.
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Afghan Court Shows Video of Mob Lynching Woman in Kabul
Video of a crowd killing an Afghan woman accused of burning pages from a Koran was shown in court on Sunday in the trial of nearly 50 people over a lynching that prompted outrage and protests in Kabul.
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Afghans Protest Lynching of Woman for Allegedly Burning Koran
Hundreds of protesters shouting "Down with ignorance!" urged the Afghan government today to bring to justice the killers of a woman lynched by a mob for allegedly burning the Koran.
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Afghan Woman Lynched Over Koran-Burning Was Innocent
An Afghan woman who was beaten to death and set on fire by a mob for allegedly burning a copy of the Koran was innocent, the Interior Minister said today.
