Join Demo to demand Kambakhsh's freedom

international | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Friday February 01, 2008 18:06 by pat c

Since October 2007, Parwiz Kambakhsh, a 23 year old Afghan journalist, has been in prison in Balkh province, Northern Afghanistan and sentenced to execution for blasphemy by a local Sharia court in Mazar-e-Sharif.

Join the demonstration on
Friday, February 8, 2008,
12.00 to 2.00 pm
Afghanistan Embassy,
31 Princes Gate, London, SW7

Parwiz Kambakhsh

His ‘crime’ was distributing articles downloaded from the internet that questioned the condition of women under Islam. The Afghan government has supported the Islamic court’s ruling.

The Iranian Secular Society calls upon groups and individuals to join the protest against this barbaric sentence and demand the immediate and unconditional release of Kambakhsh, including by joining the London protest, organising protests in various cities, writing letters of protest and more.

For more information, contact:

Fariborz Pooya
fariborz_pooya@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 077 191 66731

Iranian Secular Society
http://www.iransecularsociety.com/

The demonstration is endorsed by: Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and National Secular Society.