Comments on: No Movement on Death Sentence for Afghan Internet User http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/ Defending Free Speech Online Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:38:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Global Voices صداهای جهانی » افغانستان: مجازات پرویز کامبخش به 20 سال زندان کاهش پیدا کرد http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-13958 Global Voices صداهای جهانی » افغانستان: مجازات پرویز کامبخش به 20 سال زندان کاهش پیدا کرد Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:07:51 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-13958 [...] پرونده‌ی کامبخش در دو بخش Global Voices و Global Voices Advocacy پوشش داده شده [...] [...] پرونده‌ی کامبخش در دو بخش Global Voices و Global Voices Advocacy پوشش داده شده [...]

]]> By: Global Voices بالعربية » أفغانستان: خُفّف حكم سيّد بيرفز كامباخش إلى عشرين عاماً http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-13911 Global Voices بالعربية » أفغانستان: خُفّف حكم سيّد بيرفز كامباخش إلى عشرين عاماً Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:56:24 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-13911 [...] كلّ من الأصوات العالمية وقسم الدفاع عن الشبكة التابع لموقع أصوات عالمية قضية كامباخش [...] [...] كلّ من الأصوات العالمية وقسم الدفاع عن الشبكة التابع لموقع أصوات عالمية قضية كامباخش [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Afghanistan: Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh’s Sentence Commuted to 20 Years http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-13795 Global Voices Online » Afghanistan: Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh’s Sentence Commuted to 20 Years Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:53:24 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-13795 [...] case was covered previously by both Global Voices and Global Voices Advocacy. Posted by Joshua Foust  Print Version Share [...] [...] case was covered previously by both Global Voices and Global Voices Advocacy. Posted by Joshua Foust  Print Version Share [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Advocacy » Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh’s Sentence Commuted to 20 Years http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-13793 Global Voices Advocacy » Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh’s Sentence Commuted to 20 Years Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:17:33 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-13793 [...] Kambakhsh’s case was covered previously by both Global Voices and Global Voices Advocacy. [...] [...] Kambakhsh’s case was covered previously by both Global Voices and Global Voices Advocacy. [...]

]]> By: Joshua Foust http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-10106 Joshua Foust Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:15:26 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-10106 Ms. MacKenzie, Allow me the indulgence of responding. I said the story hadn't received attention in the international media for months -- the most recent news stories I could find were all dated in January, just after his arrest and initial trial. Your piece took some digging to find on Post Global, which was, I am sorry to say, not very easy to find. It's tough to accuse me of negligent research when I have to use your name in a search engine to find a piece about Kambakhsh. As for Rahman, the way his plight was portrayed, again in most media accounts (including other news roundups), is that after he was declared insane the Afghan and U.S. governments coordinated to find him a safe haven where he could live in peace; Italy very kindly offered him refuge. While it may have not been official deportation, it certainly <i>looked</i> like deportation. If you are uncomfortable with calling a spade a spade when it is not officially a spade, then I can ask my editors to to modify this post. I really do appreciate your comments here -- you're right the headline was incorrect, as I had misread your story. I regret that. But I don't think I'm being as sloppy with my facts as you're making me out to be. -Joshua Foust Ms. MacKenzie,

Allow me the indulgence of responding. I said the story hadn’t received attention in the international media for months — the most recent news stories I could find were all dated in January, just after his arrest and initial trial. Your piece took some digging to find on Post Global, which was, I am sorry to say, not very easy to find. It’s tough to accuse me of negligent research when I have to use your name in a search engine to find a piece about Kambakhsh.

As for Rahman, the way his plight was portrayed, again in most media accounts (including other news roundups), is that after he was declared insane the Afghan and U.S. governments coordinated to find him a safe haven where he could live in peace; Italy very kindly offered him refuge. While it may have not been official deportation, it certainly looked like deportation. If you are uncomfortable with calling a spade a spade when it is not officially a spade, then I can ask my editors to to modify this post.

I really do appreciate your comments here — you’re right the headline was incorrect, as I had misread your story. I regret that. But I don’t think I’m being as sloppy with my facts as you’re making me out to be.

-Joshua Foust

]]> By: Jean MacKenzie http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-10105 Jean MacKenzie Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:41 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-10105 also, you may want to change the photo -- there are lots of others of parwez as he looks now. also, you may want to change the photo — there are lots of others of parwez as he looks now.

]]> By: Jean MacKenzie http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/07/10/no-movement-on-death-sentence-for-afghan-internet-user/#comment-10104 Jean MacKenzie Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:51:39 +0000 http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/?p=419#comment-10104 thanks for changing the headline; however, your comment about international pressure is not exactly accurate. It is true that there has been less coverage in the U.S. than in Europe, but there have been pieces (see mine on Washington Post Online. the case has also figured prominently in high-level meetings with international leaders, such as condoleezza rice and david miliband. the difference with Abdul rahman is that his case only lasted for a few weeks; parwez has been in prison for nine months. Abdul rahman was not deported, he was allowed to leave. Thanks for doing this, but please check your facts a bit more. thanks for changing the headline; however, your comment about international pressure is not exactly accurate. It is true that there has been less coverage in the U.S. than in Europe, but there have been pieces (see mine on Washington Post Online. the case has also figured prominently in high-level meetings with international leaders, such as condoleezza rice and david miliband. the difference with Abdul rahman is that his case only lasted for a few weeks; parwez has been in prison for nine months. Abdul rahman was not deported, he was allowed to leave.
Thanks for doing this, but please check your facts a bit more.

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