Afghan student in torture claim - Democratic Underground

struggle4progress

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Sun May-18-08 03:43 PM
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Afghan student in torture claim

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 14:40 GMT, Sunday, 18 May 2008 15:40 UK

An Afghan student journalist who was sentenced to death for blasphemy has told an appeals court that he confessed after being tortured.

Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh ... said he was tortured into confessing that he had disrupted university classes by asking questions about women's rights under Islam.

He was also convicted of distributing an article on the same subject, and adding three additional paragraphs.

He told the crowded, hour-long appeal hearing: "As a Muslim ... I never allow myself to do such a thing. These are totally lies" ...

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7407229.stm

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ToughLuck

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Sun May-18-08 04:23 PM
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1. It is really sick isn't it, that the United States of America tortures too

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struggle4progress

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Sun May-18-08 04:44 PM
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2. It's not clear one can or should distinguish between the Afghani government and its US overlords

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