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Zein Basravi

Pakistan: 31 convicted over student lynching

Pakistan: 31 convicted over student lynching

A Pakistani court has convicted 31 people over the campus lynching of a university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy.

One defendant was sentenced to death.

The killing of Mashal Khan, who was just 23 years old, sparked an outcry and raised new questions about the misuse of harsh blasphemy laws.

 

Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports from Mardan, Pakistan.

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