This is so ridiculous and sad- in Kabul, Afghanistan an Afghan appeals court overturned a death sentence Tuesday for 24-year-old journalism student Parwez Kambakhsh accused of blasphemy for asking questions in class about women’s rights under Islam. But the judges still sentenced him to 20 years in prison!

“I don’t accept the court’s decision,” Kambakhsh told The Associated Press as he was leaving the courtroom. “It is an unfair decision.” -MSNBC

In addition to “disrupting class” prosecutors say Kambakhsh also handed out an article he printed off the Internet that questions why Islam does not modernize to give women equal rights.

We don’t have to be silent about women’s rights. takepart and visit http://www.hrw.org/women/ for more on human rights issues for women all over the world.