In Afghanistan, an appeals court has overturned the death sentence of a journalism student accused of mocking Islam, but instead sentenced him to twenty years in prison.
Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh was detained last year for distributing articles downloaded from the internet which said the Prophet Muhammad had ignored the rights of women. He was accused of mocking Islam and the Koran, convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death during a secret trial where he had no legal counsel.