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Afghan student sentenced to death for blasphemy had no lawyer during trial
The Afghan journalism student who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islamic practice told the Independent on Sunday that he was not afforded a lawyer to represent him during his four-minute cl (More) |
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Where the Afghan Constitution threatens democracy
Khalid Sekander [former legal advisor to USAID]: "An Afghan university journalism student was recently convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death by an Afghan trial court for expressing the idea that polygamy may be an inappropriate practice (More) |
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Afghan student sentenced to death for blasphemy entitled to open appeal: justice
The Afghan journalism student who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islamic practice will be provided the right to appeal his death sentence in open court, an Afghanistan Supreme Court justice (More) |
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Afghanistan president will not block student death sentence
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [official website; BBC profile] is concerned about the imposition of the death penalty against journalism student Sayad Parwez Kambaksh but will not intervene in the case pending Kambaksh's appeal, a presidenti (More) |
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Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for blasphemy
An Afghan journalism student charged with blasphemy was sentenced to death Tuesday, following a recommendation from the Afghan Council of Mullahs. A three-judge panel found that papers printed from the Internet by 23-year-old Sayad Parwez Kambaksh, (More) |
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Pakistan parliament rejects call to soften blasphemy law
The Parliament of Pakistan Tuesday rejected a proposal to soften the country's strict blasphemy laws that impose death or life imprisonment for insults to the Prophet Mohammed. Minno Bhandara, a Christian lawmaker in the National Assembly, had (More) |
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Pakistan president calls for ban on defamation of Islam
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf [official website; BBC profile] called for a ban on the "defamation of Islam" during his speech at the 61st Session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Citing feelings in the Muslim world of " (More) |
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Yemen lifts ban on newspapers that published Muhammad cartoons
Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their licens (More) |
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International brief ~ Afghan citizen faces death penalty for converting to Christianity
Leading Monday's international brief, an Afghani man is on trial for criminal charges punishable by death related to his conversion from Islam to Christianity over 16 years ago while working for a Christian aid organization in Pakistan. Abdul Ra (More) |
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Arab nations call on UN to ban attacks on religion
The 12th General Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) ended Tuesday with members of Arab states calling on the United Nations to adopt a resolution which bans offenses against religion, including Islam. The member countries hars (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
