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Islam and Women's Rights |
16 Mar 2009 |
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20 year prison sentence for student journalist
Sayed Pervez Kambaksh is a 24 year old Afghan student journalist who was sentenced to death in Afghanistan last year for allegedly circulating an article which questioned Islam鈥檚 relationship with women鈥檚 rights. That sentence was recently commuted to 20 years on appeal and upheld, in secret, by the Supreme Court, despite a key prosecution witness withdrawing his testimony and Kambaksh鈥檚 lawyer not being allowed to give even a written representation at the hearing. Jane is joined by Jerome Starkey, the Independent鈥檚 correspondent, who has followed this story for over a year. |
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