An Afghan journalism student who was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to 20 years in prison has been pardoned and released, the media-rights group Reporters Without Borders reports. A provincial court had originally sentenced the student, Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh, to death, but an appeals court changed the sentence to prison instead.
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Afghan Student Who Was Imprisoned for Blasphemy Is Freed
September 7, 2009, 4:15 pm
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