{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"President Asked to Intercede in Case of Ex-Journalist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Publishing Translation of Koran","author_name":"Robert Maier","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article2250.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article2250.html'\u003EPresident Asked to Intercede in Case of Ex-Journalist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Publishing Translation of Koran\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFreedom of expression organisations Reporters Without Borders and ARTICLE 19 call on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to intercede on behalf of former journalist Ahmed Ghous Zalmai and Mullah Qari Mushtaq, who were sentenced yesterday by a Kabul court to 20 years in prison for publishing a Dari translation of the Koran. Dari is the Farsi (Persian) dialect spoken in Afghanistan. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\"We appeal to the president\u2019s spirit of tolerance and ask him to intercede on behalf of two men who have been given (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}