Journalists Demand Justice for Kambakhsh
Region: Afghanistan
The appeals process has stalled and there seems to be little political will to ensure a fair outcome. By Hafizullah Gardesh and Noorrahman Rahmani in Kabul All over Afghanistan, journalists, writers and activists gathere... more
Views: 1206Questions Surround Judge's Objectivity in Afghan Heresy Trial
Region: Afghanistan
Posted by Joshua Foust to Global Voices Online Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh is a journalism student at Balk University in Mazar-i Sharif. He supposedly copied text from an Iranian website criticizing Islam's stance on the tre... more
Views: 959Karzai asked to overturn the death penalty of Parvez Kambakhsh
Region: AfghanistanFebruary 2, 2008 IFJ Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, Kuala Lumpur Joint Statement to President and Government of Afghanistan We, the representatives of journalists’ unions and associations across the Asia-Pacific r... more
Views: 1451Journalist faces death, baby sold for 10 dollars
Region: Afghanistan
Kabul: A young Afghan student journalist, Syed Pervez Kambakhsh, has been sentenced to death by a lower court in the southern Balkh province. He is accused of copying an article from a site which reportedly contained blasp... more
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