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.