a student in Afghanistan was sentenced to death by a religious court after reading and distributing literature on women's rights with the intention of starting a debate at his university. the ruling was confirmied by the senate recently and is expected to handed down shortly. there is a grand amount of backstory to the issue at the Independant.
this action comes six years after the overthrow of the Taliban and years since the US instated "democracy" in the nation. this predicament highlights the growing tensions between islamic nations and "democratic" western pressure.
there is a link to a petition to sign at the bottom of the full story on the Independent... there is still hope that international pressure can lead to resolving this matter.
or the US could just wage a war there.... oh wait... shit
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