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A 23-year-old student journalist in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death for downloading and distributing a report that is critical of the oppressive treatment of women in some Islamic societies.
Pervez Kambaksh was tried by an Islamic sharia court and was not allowed legal representation. The Afghan Senate passed a motion this week supporting the sentence, according to the British newspaper The Independent. Other journalists have been warned that they would be arrested if they protested in support of Kambaksh.
The Independent has launched a campaign to support Kambaksh, urging readers to pressure the UK Foreign Office to intervene with the Afghan government.
The newspaper has posted a petition online for readers to fill out and submit.

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