Afghan Student Sentenced to Death
Found on Wired on Saturday, 02 February 2008
A 23-year-old student journalist in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death for downloading and distributing a report that is critical of the oppressive treatment of women in some Islamic societies.
Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, who is a journalism student at Balkh University and a writer for Jahan-e Naw, was sentenced last October after downloading a report from a Farsi website that criticized Islamic fundamentalists who misrepresent statements in the Koran to justify the oppression of women.
Other journalists have been warned that they would be arrested if they protested in support of Kambaksh.
Well, I'm not a journalist or living in an oppressive regime; neither do I belong do any "religion of peace". So I feel free to protest against this medieval trial and ruling. For those of you who want to read more, read up this article about Sayed Pervez Kambaksh.