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Afghan journalism student sentenced to 20 years

October 25, 2008 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan appeals court overturned a death sentence Tuesday, Oct. 21, 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.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: 2008, AP, Abdul Salaam Qazizada, Afghanistan, Asia, Balkh University, Bob Dietz, John Dempsey, Kabul, New York, Supreme Court, Yaqub Ibrahimi, vol 27 no 44 | October 25 - October 31

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