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Invisible Pink Unicorn writes “Despite nationwide public support for his initial death sentence, a three-judge appeals court has reduced the sentence of Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh to 20 years in prison. Kambakhsh was charged with circulating an article on women’s rights that he found online. From the article: ‘Family members have said Kambakhsh was beaten and threatened with death until he signed a confession and that local journalists who expressed support for him were warned they would be arrested if they persisted.'”

Friend sez: Didn’t we invade Afghanistan, in part, to liberate the women there from the grip of the Taliban? Didn’t Laura Bush tell us how important this was? Will someone please ask Laura Bush to comment on this?

–Virginia Rutter