Weekly Newsletters, Fall 2008-Spring 2009

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Afghan gets 20 years for women’s rights talk

Afghan gets 20 years for women’s rights talk
Death sentence quashed, but student is jailed over Islam questions in class

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan appeals court overturned a death sentence Tuesday for a journalism student accused of blasphemy for asking questions in class about women's rights under Islam. But the judges still sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Read the story here.

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