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My letter to my Member of

Dear Mr. Atamenko

I have seen nothing in the Canadian Press regarding this affair. Why is Canada supporting a government in Afghanistan that would support such a heinous abuse of justice.

A young man, a student of journalism, is sentenced to death by an Islamic court for downloading a report from the internet. The sentence is then upheld by the country’s rulers. This is Afghanistan – not in Taliban times but six years after “liberation” and under the democratic rule of the West’s ally .The fate of has led to domestic and international protests, and deepening concern about erosion of civil liberties in Afghanistan. He was accused of blasphemy after he downloaded a report from a Farsi website which stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohamed.Mr Kambaksh, 23, distributed the tract to fellow students and teachers at Balkh University with the aim, he said, of provoking a debate on the matter. But a complaint was made against him and he was arrested, tried by religious judges without – say his friends and family – being allowed legal representation and sentenced to death.

As my MP I expect you to bring this to the attention of the government and to stand up, in the House of Commons, and be his voice here in . I expect you to pressure the Canadian government to pressure the Karzai government on this issue. If they have so little respect for justice then we have no business being there. They are no better than the . I also expect a personal response from you telling me what you plan to do about this.

Regards
Doug Alder

Unstated there Alex but implied is that if you do not take direct action on this I will do whatever I can to ensure you do not get re-elected in this electoral district.

In the meanwhile folks do what you can and sign The Independent world petition

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