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- Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana was a 49 year old Sri Lankan man who was lynched by a mob on 3 December 2021 in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan over allegations of blasphemy. Supporters of the radical Sunni Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) were believed to be responsible for the killing of Kumara, while the TLP officially distanced itself from the incident. The Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore announced death sentence for six directly involved in the lynching, nine people were sentenced five years’ jail for assisting, and 72 people were sentenced two-year prison for being silent spectators. Kumara, who was a Buddhist by faith and had lived and worked in Pakistan for eleven years, was beaten, killed and later set on fire by a mob in Sialkot. He had been accused of blasphemy for removing a poster featuring religious content. It was later revealed that Kumara had removed the poster due to pending renovation work in the building, and was wrongly accused of blasphemy by workers of the factory. Several videos started to circulate on social media where hundreds of men can be seen gathered at the site, chanting slogans of the TLP. (en)
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- Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana was a 49 year old Sri Lankan man who was lynched by a mob on 3 December 2021 in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan over allegations of blasphemy. Supporters of the radical Sunni Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) were believed to be responsible for the killing of Kumara, while the TLP officially distanced itself from the incident. The Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore announced death sentence for six directly involved in the lynching, nine people were sentenced five years’ jail for assisting, and 72 people were sentenced two-year prison for being silent spectators. (en)
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