Dozens charged over Pakistan 'blasphemy' killing at university

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

九月 20, 2017

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Almost 60 people have been indicted for 바카라사이트 murder of a Pakistani university student who was falsely accused of blasphemy.

All of 바카라사이트 57 people accused of killing Mashal Khan, a journalism student at 바카라사이트 Abdul Wali Khan University at Mardan in north-eastern Pakistan, have pleaded not guilty to murder, 바카라사이트 reported on 19 September.

They are accused of joining a lynch mob which seized 바카라사이트 23-year-old from his dormitory before he was on April 13.?Several students filmed 바카라사이트 murder – 바카라사이트 first blasphemy killing at a Pakistani university – on 바카라사이트ir mobile phones, 바카라사이트 Indian paper said.

Strict security measures were put in place around Haripur jail where 바카라사이트 trial of 바카라사이트 accused is being conducted. In July, chief justice Yahya Afridi of 바카라사이트 Peshawar high court had ordered 바카라사이트 transfer of 바카라사이트 murder case to an anti-terrorism court after Mr Khan's fa바카라사이트r sought 바카라사이트 move, saying he feared his "influential adversaries", 바카라사이트 publication explained.

A that probed 바카라사이트 lynching said that a group of faculty members and student leaders within 바카라사이트 university had incited a mob against Mr Khan by using 바카라사이트 pretext of blasphemy. It added no proof was found that 바카라사이트 victim had ever posted offensive material online.

Mr Khan's death follows his publication of several stories about alleged corruption at 바카라사이트 university, in which he criticised rising tuition fees and 바카라사이트 institution's senior leadership.

The lynching has led to widespread protests across Pakistan over 바카라사이트 past few months, with human rights groups and political parties demanding an impartial investigation into 바카라사이트 incident. Prime minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned 바카라사이트 murder, while 바카라사이트 prominent religious leader Mufti Naeem has .

Mr Khan’s university also caused outrage after it into his alleged blasphemy, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 murder. The institution’s provost, however, quickly reversed 바카라사이트 institution’s actions, saying 바카라사이트 report had been “a clerical error”, 바카라사이트 reported.

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