Afghan blasphemy death backed

by BBC (reposted)

Wed, Jan 30, 2008 7:07AM

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 : The upper house of the Afghan parliament has supported a death sentence issued against a journalist for blasphemy in northern Afghanistan.

Pervez Kambaksh, 23, was convicted last week of downloading and distributing an article insulting Islam. He has denied the charge.

The UN has criticised the sentence and said the journalist did not have legal representation during the case.

The Afghan government has said that the sentence was not final.

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§Afghan Journalism Student Faces Death Sentence

by NPR (reposted)

Wed, Jan 30, 2008 7:06AM

Wednesday, January 30, 2008 : An Afghan journalism student has been sentenced to death for blaspheming Islam. But the real target is widely believed to be the condemned man's older brother, Yaqub Ibrahimi, who wrote a story about corruption and abuses by politicians and warlords in the Mazar area.

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