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| Ghani to Have Farkhunda Case Reassessed Following Outrage Over Appeal Decision |
| 2015-07-06 |
| [Tolo News] Following widespread outrage over a recent Appeals Court decision to reverse sentences for key defendants convicted of murdering Farkhunda, a front man for President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. on Sunday said that the president has promised to reassess the case with the help of the Attorney General's Office. According to the deputy front man, Zafar Hashimi, President Ghani recently met with civil society activists and vowed to pursue justice for Farkhunda -- a 27-year-old girl who was killed in March by an angry Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... mob after she was falsely accused of burning a copy of the Holy Koran. "The president has promised to leave no stone unturned in ensuring justice for Farkhunda's case," Hashimi said. "There are a number of gaps in the investigation of the case; therefore, it will be reviewed once more." Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard... the Director of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association (AIBA), Rohullah Qazizada, has confirmed Hashimi's comments, saying that the president is committed to retrial given the major gaps in the original investigation. Last week, an Appeals Court reversed the verdict of the Kabul Primary Court, which had included four death sentences for defendants accused of having central roles in Farkhunda's brutal murder. The Appeals Court sentenced three of the men to 20 years of imprisonment and another to 10 years. In addition to the anger of Farkhunda's relatives, civil society activists and women's rights groups expressed outrage over the Appeals Court ruling. Civil Society Association head Aziz Rafee said on Sunday that his meeting with the president indicated that Ghani is completely unsatisfied with the way the case was handled by Sherlocks and the courts. "The case will be reassessed to come up with a just decision in this regard," Rafee told TOLOnews. |
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