Parviz Kambakhsh death penalty

To: Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Parviz Kambakhsh is one of the very recent victims of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan who, because of his personal beliefs, opinions and his political opposition to the Islamic regime, has been kept in the awful detention center of the National Security Department (SND) in Mazar e Sharif for the last three months.

Kambakhsh is a 23-year-old youth and a third year journalism student at the Mazar e Sharif University. He was a reporter for Jahan e Naw (The New World) newspaper.

Kambakhsh was detained after the SND identified him as “secular, Marxist and [in] opposition” to the regime. He was accused of printing out “atheist” articles from the internet which points out controversial verses of the Quran regarding women’s rights and distributing them to his fellow students. The book “Religion in the History of Civilization” (by Will Durant) taken from his living room has been kept as an evidence against him in the court! He has been constantly physically and mentally tortured, and threatened with death unless he “confessed”. He has had no access to a lawyer, or to family or friends.

According to the Religious Experts Council of Balkh province, “Kambakhsh disgraced Islam … and broke the constitution”. During an interview with Kelid Radio on January 23, he stated that not only had Kambakhsh “printed and written anti-religion articles but also he was an active Marxist who propagandized his opinions”.

The Religious Experts Council of Balkh province and the SND all demanded Kambakhsh to be stoned to death. The death sentence was handed down on January 23.

In a country where for the last six years there are many claims regarding “democracy”, “human rights”, and “freedom of press”, the religious fascists have their grip on justice and try every possible way to mute anyone who criticizes or comments about the Afghan Northern Alliance criminals.

Imprisonment of Parviz Kambakhsh is not only for his enlightening articles in a local newspaper, Jahan-e-Now (The New World), but also because of his brother Yaqub Ibrahimi, who is a well-known, brave and realistic reporter and exposed many criminal faces from Jehadi mafia in Northern Afghanistan to the world public.

The Jehadi criminals, who could not silence Ibrahimi, now try to pursue a traitorous agenda by unlawfully imprisoning his brother and kill him in order to hush him.

Although foreign forces toppled the Taliban’s dark and oppressive regime but unfortunately current government of Afghanistan consists mainly of Islamic fundamentalist forces that possess the same beliefs and objectives as the Taliban and in every chance they push their beliefs to Afghanis.

Now we kindly ask all freedom loving individuals and organizations who believe in human rights and democracy to stand up against the unjust imprisonment and death sentence of Parviz Kambakhsh, and ask for his immediate release. Only your strong support for justice and freedom can stop the mediaeval acts of the Islamic Afghan government, which are in the style of the brutal Islamic Iranian regime.

Here is the petition to sign: Free Afghan Journalist Perwez Kambakhsh

Also please email your protest letters to:

Presidential Office:
president@afghanistangov.org

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
spokesman-unama@un.org

The Supreme Court of Afghanistan
aquddus@supremecourt.gov.af

I think it would be helpful if you can send letters to Canada, US and other countries that participated in Afghanistan freedom because they should consider this act against human rights!