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Afghan journalist gets 20 years jail for blasphemy

2008/10/21 08:00:53 @Reuters: International News

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's appeal court sentenced an Afghan journalist to 20 years in jail, commuting an earlier death sentence, for distributing an Internet article that said the Prophet Mohammad had ignored the rights of women.
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