SocietyMuslim judge in India faces death threats after convicting ‘cow vigilantes’

Muslim judge Tabassum Khan is facing death threats and online abuse in India after convicting 14 Hindu men in a lynching case. The attacks followed her ruling against the defendants, described as “cow vigilantes”. The case has drawn attention to the risks faced by the judge after the conviction. Khan’s experience combines a criminal verdict with hostility directed at her online.

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