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January 31, 2008

Journalist sets up Facebook group to support death sentence Afghan journalist

By Dominic wireposts

The editor of Brand Republic, Gordon MacMillan has set up a Facebook group in support of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh – the Afghan journalist currently facing the death penalty for allegedly distributing blasphemous literature.

So far it has attracted 400 members apparently. Those wishing to support Kambaksh can also sign a petition launched today by the Independent to draw attention to his plight.

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