Afghan reporter spared execution
The three-judge panel unanimously upheld Kambakhsh's conviction on Tuesday [AFP]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
20:57 Mecca time, 17:57 GMT
A young Afghan journalist has been spared execution after an appeal court overturned the death sentence handed down for his conviction for blasphemy by a provincial court earlier this year.
However, the appeal court the conviction on Tuesday and replaced the death penalty with a 20-year prison term.
Perwiz Kambakhsh was arrested one year ago in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif for distributing an internet article that was described as questioning central tenets of Islam and the rights of women in Islamic communities.
Kambakhsh's arrest and sentencing has drawn condemnation from both the Afghan and western media and human rights groups, leading to calls for the president, Hamid Karzai to intervene.
The primary court in the northern province of Balkh passed down the death penalty after finding him guilty in January this year.
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