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There are heroes, and I don't mean grown men chasing balls around a field, but real heroes who take risks to get their message out or to save someone. People who dare to go against the majority and speak up, while others lower their gazes in tacit agreement. One of these brave men is mr -  first name not mentioned in the article - Kambaskesh, 24 years old, from Afghanistan. He is accused of blasphemy for questioning the position of women in their country.

Originally, he was given the death penalty, but that was later changed to 20 years in prison. Among other things, he was accused of downloading an article from the internet and distributing that (with some additions he had written). One of them began as follows: This is the real islam. I'm sure there's a completely different image of islam than the one we're used to from the media. This is another, the one about this young man who dares to stand up against public opinion in Afghanistan - a country weighed down by traditions.