1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgAndrew Levinsonhttps://cpj.org/author/alevinson/CPJ pleased by release of Parwez Kambakhsh - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="R4rMMDeaMu"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/09/cpj-pleased-by-release-of-parwez-kambakhsh/">CPJ pleased by release of Parwez Kambakhsh</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/09/cpj-pleased-by-release-of-parwez-kambakhsh/embed/#?secret=R4rMMDeaMu" width="600" height="338" title="“CPJ pleased by release of Parwez Kambakhsh” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="R4rMMDeaMu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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We released this statement today after receiving confirmation from Yaqub Ibrahimi that his brother, Afghan journalism student Parwez Kambakhsh, who was convicted of blasphemy and originally sentenced to death, has been released from a 20-year prison sentence...https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260