Afghan Christian Convert Released
March 28, 2006
Abdul Rahman on March 23 (AFP)
Danish said Abdul Rahman was released from the prison in Kabul late on March 27 after the charges against him of apostasy was dropped.
Earlier, U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said U.S. officials believed that Rahman would be released and allowed to seek asylum outside Afghanistan.
Afghan authorities have said they were assessing Rahman's mental health after a court dropped the case against him.
Some religious conservatives in Afghanistan demanded that Rahman be put on trial and given a death sentence for apostasy under Islamic Shari'a law.
(AP, AFP)