Paying Attention
Kaambakhsh’s case is at least getting some global attention now that the lower court verdict is in, but it certainly would be nice to hear some Canadian voices, particularly Stephen Harper’s and those of the Opposition leaders, raised in protest. Our soldiers are not dying in that country to safeguard this kind of tyranny. terry glavin via fff
I hope Kaambakhsh’s case gets the attention of the Canadian politicians who seem so intent on debating the terms of our engagement in Afghanistan.
A simple statement of the form, “Kaambakhsh must be released and no further attempts to silence dissent with death sentences are to be permitted or else, in thirty days, every Canadian soldier and aide worker will have left Afghanistan.” with Harper, Dion, Layton and Duceppe signing it would have, I suspect, a significant effect. Right now Canada is punching well above its weight in Afghanistan. If we pulled out there would be a huge hole.
The key point being that we are not in Afghanistan to enable a bunch of fundy clerics to sentence journalists to death. If that is the effect of the mission then the mission should end.
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