A Death Sentence for Blasphemy in Afghanistan

Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 1:35:50 pm PST

Hamid Karzai needs to intervene in this case, and stop a runaway Dark Ages travesty of justice before a man is murdered: Afghan ‘blasphemy’ death sentence.

What a disgrace.

An Afghan journalist has been sentenced to death by a provincial court for distributing “blasphemous” material.

Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, 23, was arrested in 2007 after downloading material from the internet relating to the role of women in Islamic societies.

A primary court in Balkh province said that Kambakhsh had confessed to blasphemy and had to be punished.

The court also threatened to arrest any reporters who protested against Kambakhsh’s sentence.

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