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Pakistan: 4 young men given death sentence for online Blaspehmy

Four young men have been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan while a fifth accused has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, all this for a post on the social media platform Facebook. These sentences have been handed down by a court in Rawalpindi. According to Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency the four men who are in their 20s and have also been sentenced to a 28-year jail term each for committing blasphemy against the holy Quran.

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