A court in Afghanistan has sentenced four men to death and imprisoned eight more for the beating death of a woman in March.
Four Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan
![លោក Martin Luther King Jr. ថ្លែងទៅកាន់ហ្វូងមនុស្សប្រហែល៣០០០នាក់ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៦ នៅឧទ្យា Kelly Ingram នៅថ្ងៃចុងក្រោយនៃដំណើរទស្សនកិច្ច៣ថ្ងៃ ដើម្បីលើកទឹកចិត្តដល់អ្នកបោះឆ្នោតស្បែកខ្មៅឲ្យបោះឆ្នោតនៅក្នុងប្លុកតែមួយក្នុងថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោតជាតិ។](https://gdb.voanews.com/9A0FA0A1-40C8-477E-8CA9-1FD7CAFBE025_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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លោក Martin Luther King Jr. ថ្លែងទៅកាន់ហ្វូងមនុស្សប្រហែល៣០០០នាក់ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៦ នៅឧទ្យា Kelly Ingram នៅថ្ងៃចុងក្រោយនៃដំណើរទស្សនកិច្ច៣ថ្ងៃ ដើម្បីលើកទឹកចិត្តដល់អ្នកបោះឆ្នោតស្បែកខ្មៅឲ្យបោះឆ្នោតនៅក្នុងប្លុកតែមួយក្នុងថ្ងៃបោះឆ្នោតជាតិ។
![Bibi Hajira, the mother of a 27-year-old Afghan woman named Farkhunda, who was beaten to death by a mob in an incident that was sparked by a false accusation that she had burned a copy of the Quran, speaks at a hearing at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/71721C47-B5D9-4C76-91BD-262FCCCA804A_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bibi Hajira, the mother of a 27-year-old Afghan woman named Farkhunda, who was beaten to death by a mob in an incident that was sparked by a false accusation that she had burned a copy of the Quran, speaks at a hearing at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
![The father of Farkhunda speaks at a hearing at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/20E9B63E-54C9-42D4-86CC-F0034223DA03_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The father of Farkhunda speaks at a hearing at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
![Defendants attend their trial at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6402FAB8-00F2-4830-9F2E-7EB9BFF0384E_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Defendants attend their trial at the Primary Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 6, 2015.