{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Afghan Senate Leader, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, approves death sentence on Parwiz","author_name":"Robert Maier","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article985.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article985.html'\u003EAfghan Senate Leader, Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, approves death sentence on Parwiz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe upper house of the Afghan parliament has supported a death sentence issued against a journalist for blasphemy in northern Afghanistan.  Parwiz Kambaksh, 23, was convicted last week of downloading and distributing an article insulting Islam. He has denied the charge. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nThe UN has criticised the sentence and said the journalist did not have legal representation during the case. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nThe Afghan government has said that the sentence was not final.  A government spokesman said recently that the (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}