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Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy

Posted by timothy on from the consider-this-a-warning dept.

Invisible Pink Unicorn writes "Despite nationwide public support for his initial death sentence, a three-judge appeals court has reduced the sentence of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh to 20 years in prison. Kambakhsh was charged with circulating an article on women's rights that he found online. From the article: 'Family members have said Kambakhsh was beaten and threatened with death until he signed a confession and that local journalists who expressed support for him were warned they would be arrested if they persisted.'"

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  1. Re:not the real cause by Hojima · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod the parent up. The summary can cause some confusion for the many people who don't RTFA

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  2. blasphemy? by Un+pobre+guey · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The Queen is a man, man!

    Ronald Reagan was a nitwit politician!

    The Global War on Terror is a crock!

    Enough with the "maverick" bullshit!

  3. Re:not the real cause by mollymoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They beat a confession out of him

    That's totally unacceptable! Now, waterboarding, that's a different matter...

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