Journalist Sayed Pervez Kambaksh sentence to death. His crime? Daring to suggest women have rights.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2009_11_mon.shtml
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 Islams relationship with womens 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 Kambakshs lawyer not being allowed to give even a written representation at the hearing. Jane is joined by Jerome Starkey, the Independents correspondent, who has followed this story for over a year.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/save-pervez-global-protests-to-s...
Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has been inundated with appeals to save the life of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, the student journalist sentenced to death after being accused of downloading an internet report on women's rights.

While international protests mounted over the affair, with the British Government saying it had already raised its concerns, hundreds of people marched through the capital, Kabul, demanding Mr Kambaksh's release.

A petition launched yesterday by The Independent to secure justice for Mr Kambaksh had attracted more than 13,500 signatories by last night, and a number of support groups have been set up on the social networking site Facebook with more than 400 joining one group alone.

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• religionofpeace

[crazyhairball18]

It's probably our biggest problem with regards to the safety and advancement of the human race, we've all seen their riots in Londaon and the rest of Europe, death threats, we've seen them speaking and preaching, we know what they want, how can we let them have it?

[squirttilithurts]

stop religion and think for yourself

[xsarahz]

he was released from jail today.

[xxml]

nobody have the right to kill anybody, idiots

[rachelbishk]

fb group "afghan women awareness"

please support these women and let the voice of this brave and caring man be heard, though they have killed him he wont be beaten. the women need your voice do not let the afghan g'ment legalise rape within marriage

[firesteel1]

Write to your MP! That is what I have done, do not let this pass!

[pembrokeshirespark]

Shocking.

[therock27374]

Why have American, British and other armed forces into afganistan if they cannot offer protection to people like this? By letting this man die, the servicemen who died in those lands would have died for nothing, right?

[IdoloR]

THIS IS SICKENING, all we can do is sit by and watch an innocent man suffer for asking a question, HE IS INOCENT, anyone in support of this, i hate you, just a heads up. if you are of islam and condone what the government has done i have no respect for you atal and you are a pitiful human, ur not even worthy of being human, JUST LIKE THAT FUCKING GOVERNMENT. i cant believe this, its so frustrating, i am genuinely FUCKING FURIOUS

What Can I Do????????

[draagon66]

I concur.

Why are the Euro governments ignoring the rising tide?