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India-Pakistan
Pakistan hangs 4 Muslims for gang-rape of Christian
2006-06-29
ISLAMABAD - Four men were hanged in Pakistan on Thursday for gang-raping a teenaged Christian girl at gunpoint in the central city of Faisalabad seven years ago.
It's a start

The men, all Muslims, were convicted by an anti-terrorism court and the verdict was upheld by higher courts, including the Federal Sharia (Islamic) Court. “The men were hanged at 4:30 a.m.,” said a prison official in Faisalabad.

Christians form a small minority in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan and incidents of sectarian violence are highly sensitive. President General Pervez Musharraf had rejected mercy pleas from the men. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan recorded 207 cases of gang-rape in Pakistan during 2005.

Amnesty International, which opposes the death penalty, says 241 persons were sentenced to death in Pakistan during 2005, and 32 people were executed.
Posted by:Steve

#7  Mine is twitching big time JFM. It's olde tho and unreliable anymore.
Posted by: 6   2006-06-29 15:18  

#6  Piano wire for hanging?
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-06-29 11:29  

#5  Did anyone view the cord wood or were they just sentenced to hang ?
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-06-29 10:43  

#4  I think we need surprise meter.
Posted by: JFM   2006-06-29 09:42  

#3  Turbans must be bursting steam: Shariah states that Muslims may not be sentenced to death for crimes against dhimmis and that jail and monetary sentcnes are halved, that is one of the reasons jihadis are routinely amnistiated in Arab/Muslim countries at least when there were no Muslim victims.

Now I am wondering about the reasons: decent people remaining in Pakistan or the visit from Condy Rice.
Posted by: JFM   2006-06-29 09:41  

#2  Thats one I'd have to see to believe.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-06-29 09:35  

#1  It is a start, or they wanna look good for the west.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-06-29 09:32  

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