Friday 14 August 2015

Afghan Panel to Call for Retrial in Death of Farkhunda

Afghan Panel to Call for Retrial in Death of Farkhunda, a Female Scholar - The New York Times
The brutal murder of Farkhunda, 27, on March 19 in Kabul led to months of protests by women’s groups. Those intensified when word leaked out that an appellate court had secretly commuted the death sentences of four men, dropped charges against some and reduced sentences against many others.

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