Muslim judge in India faces death threats after convicting 'cow vigilantes'
Tabassum Khan has been facing online abuse after convicting 14 Hindu men in a lynching case.
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"These videos and protests did not merely criticise the verdict but sought to delegitimise Judge Khan's authority as a judicial officer by reducing her identity to her religion."
— Markandey Katju , Academic
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Tabassum Khan has been facing online abuse after convicting 14 Hindu men in a lynching case.
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