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Sentenced to Death: Afghan who Dared to Read about Women’s Rights

By Red Wolf

3 February 2008

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A journalism student in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death by a Sharia court for downloading and sharing a report criticising the treatment of women in some Islamic countries. The student was accused of blasphemy and tried without representation — via Slashdot

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