Freedom for Afghanistan blasphemer

Sri Lankan News.Net
Monday 7th September, 2009

In Afghanistan, a man who was found guilty of blasphemy at the beginning of this year has been freed.

24-year-old Perwiz Kambakhsh, a student of journalism, was initially sentenced to death for insulting Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in an article.

On hearing of the death sentence, Western diplomats demanded he be pardoned.

While the death sentence was commuted to 20 years' imprisonment on appeal, Afghan President Harmid Karzai has now granted Mr Kambakhsh a pardon.

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