CovOps
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| Subject: Afghanistan: Death Sentence for Distributing Blog Article Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:24 am | |
| The Afghan Association Blog Writers (Afghan Penlog), a community established by a group of Afghan activist bloggers, has expressed deep concern for a young journalist Sayed Parwiz Kambakhsh who was condemned to death by a local court.
He has been a reporter for Jahan-e Naw (New World) weekly and a student of journalism at Balkh University.
According to Afghan Penlog and international media, Parwez Kambakhsh was detained by the authorities on October 27, 2007 for downloading and distributing an article that he found on an Iranian weblog to friends. It spoke of women's rights, the Quran and the Prophet Mohammed. A local court in northern Afghanistan in Mazar-e Sharif has convicted him to death for the alleged blasphemy.
Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders say the trial was “carried out in haste and without any concern for the law or for free expression, which is protected by the constitution.”
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Somebody, please drop a motherfucking bomb on these irrational, mystic 'judges!' Thank you! |
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RR Phantom
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| Subject: Re: Afghanistan: Death Sentence for Distributing Blog Article Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:44 pm | |
| - CovOps wrote:
- Somebody, please drop a motherfucking bomb on these irrational, mystic 'judges!' Thank you!
Oh man, that would be such a labor of love. :bom: |
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