Afghan policemen escort Afghan journalist Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh (C) after a court hearing in Kabul on May 18, 2008. An Afghan journalist sentenced to death in a provincial court in charges of blasphemy pleaded unguilty during his appeal in capital Kabul on May 18. The court hearing Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh's appeal give him until next Sunday to present his defence statement against a primary court decision which has sentenced him to death on blashemy charges in January. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

Afghan policemen escort Afghan journalist Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh (C) after a court hearing in Kabul on May 18, 2008. An Afghan journalist sentenced to death in a provincial court in charges of blasphemy pleaded unguilty during his appeal in capital Kabul on May 18. The court hearing Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh's appeal give him until next Sunday to present his defence statement against a primary court decision which has sentenced him to death on blashemy charges in January.

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