A Kabul court has overturned the death sentence passed on student journalist Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh.
The sentence has now been commuted to 20 years imprisonment. Kambakhsh described the sentence as ‘unfair’.
Read more here
Read Index on Censorship’s original report on the case here
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Kambakhsh death sentence overturned
A Kabul court has overturned the death sentence passed on student journalist Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh. The sentence has now been commuted to 20 years imprisonment. Kambakhsh described the sentence as ‘unfair’. Read more here Read Index on Censorship’s original report on the case here
22 Oct 08
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