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November 30, 2016

Five men sentenced to death in Pakistan over lynching of Christian couple

Pakistani members of the Christian minority shout slogans during a Nov. 9 protest in Karachi, Pakistan, against the killing of a Christian couple accused of blasphemy in November 2014.

LAHORE, Pakistan – Five men in Pakistan's Punjab province were sentenced to death last week for their leading role in the November 2014 murder of a Christian couple. Another eight were given two years in prison for their participation in the lynching.

Published in International