You've heard of Afghanistan, right? It's the country where we have spent over $10 Billion to overthrow the Taliban and promote democracy. It's the same country whose courts have sentenced this kid to death. It's also the same country whose legislature recently voted to uphold the death sentence. His crime? 23-year-old Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, doing some research for a college class, downloaded and distributed an internet article on women's rights Ahhh, so much for the democratic principles of freedom of thought and self-expression.
According to prosecutors, Sayed downloaded a report from a Farsi website which stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohamed. He then then distributed the article to fellow students and teachers at Balkh University with the aim of provoking a debate on the matter.
The Afghani parliament's most prominent female member, Malalai Joya, was even suspended by her male colleagues after criticizing the decision to uphold the death sentence. Adding insult to injury, political and religious leaders in Afghanistan urged the government and the courts to carry out the sentence as soon as possible to avoid coming under pressure from foreigners.
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