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In Pakistan, a student has been sentenced to death over messages sent on the messenger app WhatsApp. The charges are related to blasphemy, reports BBC. The provincial court of Punjab stated that a 22-year-old man shared “blasphemous pictures and videos” on WhatsApp allegedly with the intention of insulting the religious sentiments of Muslims. According to the court’s decision, the student was sentenced to death for preparing photos and videos containing derogatory words about the Prophet Muhammad and his wives. In the same case, a 17-year-old boy was sentenced to life imprisonment for distribu…

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