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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Sayed Pervez Kambaksh

Sayed Pervez Kambaksh stories: 2 news summaries

Afghan Senate Revokes Call
for Execution

About-face is lifeline
for journalism student convicted of blasphemy

Feb 2, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Following international outcry, the Afghan Senate has withdrawn its call for the execution of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, a 23-year-old student convicted of blasphemy for downloading a report on women's rights. The Senate now calls its previous endorsement of the death penalty for Kambaksh "a technical mistake," raising hopes... More »

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Afghanistan • death penalty • United Nations • radical cleric • blasphemy • Sayed Pervez Kambaksh

Afghan Student Faces Death for Blasphemy

Journalist condemned for reading document on women, Koran

Jan 31, 08 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Protesters in Afghanistan and abroad have taken up the cause of a journalism student sentenced to death for blasphemy after he downloaded and distributed a document on women and the Koran. Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, 23, was convicted in an Islamic court, and the country's Senate has upheld the ruling. He... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • journalism • Koran • Muslim women • blasphemy • Sayed Pervez Kambaksh

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