Support man sentenced to death for blasphemy in Afghanistan.

[Eric J in MN]

Email form Amnesty International:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/index.aspx?c=jhKPIXPCIoE&b=2590179&template=x.ascx&action=9773

Blog post by Lindsay Beyerstein:

Afghan MPs support blasphemy death sentence for journalist


A 23-year-old journalist in Northern Afghanistan was sentenced to death in municipal court last week for downloading and distributing allegedly blasphemous material.

Today, members of Afghanistan's upper house of parliament issued a statement affirming the legality of the sentence:

Now the Afghan Senate has issued a statement on the case - it was not voted on but was signed by its leader, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, an ally of President Hamid Karzai.

It said the upper house approved the death sentence conferred on Mr Kambaksh by a city court in Mazar-e-Sharif.

The statement also criticized the various governments and organizations that have denounced the sentence. The Senators resent the input of the international community for attempting to pressure Afghan judges as they crack down on blasphemy.

The journalist was charged and sentenced to death for downloading and distributing information about the status of women in Islamic societies. He never got a lawyer.

At least he still has two rounds of appeals left. According to AP, president Karzai will have the final say over the execution.

[DS1]

1. I'm so glad we're spending billions to subsidize this ideology!

:bounce:

[Eric J in MN]

2. On the bright side, that may give our emails more weight...

...than if we were writing the govt of a country which the US doesn't have a close relationship with.