Afghan protests mob killing of woman
Afghans crowd in front of the Supreme Court in the capital Kabul to protest the killing of a woman who was beaten a burned to death by a mob last week. (Hedayatullah Amid / EPA)
Thousands of men and women gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, to demand justice for a woman who was beaten and burned to death by an angry mob.
In a protest outside Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in Kabul, men hold a poster with the words “We want justice” and the image of the woman who was beaten and burned to death last week by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Koran. (Massoud Hossaini / Associated Press)
Afghan women chant slogans during a protest in Kabul demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Koran last week. (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)
Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally in front of the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Wakil Koshar / AFP/Getty Images)
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Afghan women join protest with their faces painted red to match the bloodied face of the woman known as Farkhunda who was killed by an angry mob last week in Kabul. Placard at center reads: “Farkhunda’s murderers, execution. (Massoud Hossaini / Associated Press)
Afghan women march in the street outside the Supreme Court in Kabul demanding justice for a woman who was beaten to death by a mob after being falsely accused of burning a Koran last week. (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)
A woman shouts slogans during a protest outside the Supreme court in Kabul, Afghanistan, against the brutal mob slaying last week of a woman known as Farkhunda. (Hedayatullah Amid / EPA)
Afghans shout slogans and hold placards during a protest against the brutal mob slaying of Afghan woman, Farkhunda, outside the Supreme court in Kabul. (Hedayatullah Amid / EPA)
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Youth from the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan protest at the site where a mob beat to death a 27-year-old woman, Farkhunda, in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Massoud Hossaini / Associated Press)
As a rare act of protest in a male-dominated society, Afgan women carry the coffin of Farkhunda to the cemetery Sunday, three days after she was killed by an angry mob in central Kabul. (Wakil Koshar / AFP/Getty Images)