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Tue 10 Oct 2008Afghan journalist jailed for blasphemy
Afghanistan's appeal court sentenced an Afghan journalist to 20 years in jail for blasphemy after commuting an earlier death sentence.
Perwiz Kambakhsh (23), a reporter with the Jahan-e Nowdaily, was sentenced to death in January by a court in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif for distributing an Internet article that said the Prophet Mohammad had ignored the rights of women.
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