Afghanistan 2008
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Afghanistan in 2008
- APRIL 16, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CONDEMNED JOURNALIST WINS RIGHT TO APPEAL DEATH SENTENCE
a young Afghan journalist, sentenced to death in January for spreading feminist
- APRIL 15, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. SUPREME COURT ISSUES 100 DEATH SENTENCES
The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has in the past few weeks confirmed 100 death
- MARCH 27, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: JOURNALIST UNDER DEATH SENTENCE MOVED TO KABUL AHEAD OF HIS APPEAL
Reporters Without Borders welcomed the transfer to Kabul ahead of his appeal hearing of young Afghan journalist Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, who has been sentenced to death.
- MARCH 7, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. AFGHAN SOLDIER GETS DEATH PENALTY
a military court in Afghanistan, sentenced an Afghan soldier to death for killing a
- MARCH 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. TWO HANGED FOR MURDER
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder, one of them an Afghan, in
- FEBRUARY 25, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. REPORTER DENIED ACCESS TO LAWYER
an Afghan reporter sentenced to death after downloading an article
- FEBRUARY 20, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison
four convicted murderers were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison
- FEBRUARY 6, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. JOURNALIST MAY ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
"I am not worried for his life. I'm sure Afghanistan's justice system will
- FEBRUARY 2, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. SENATE REVOKES SUPPORT OF DEATH SENTENCE
the Afghan Senate withdrew its demand for the death sentence for Sayed
- JANUARY 31, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANS PROTEST AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR REPORTER
around 200 Afghans demonstrated in the nation's capital Kabul
- JANUARY 30, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
Afghanistan’s Senate endorsed a death sentence handed down by a court to a reporter
Afghanistan’s Senate endorsed a death sentence handed down by a court to a reporter
- JANUARY 22, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. DEATH PENALTY FOR YOUNG JOURNALIST WHO REPORTED ON THE CONDITIONS OF WOMEN
A young journalism student was sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...
The 2004 Afghan Constitution, in article 23 asserts the right to life...