Officials in Kabul say they have freed an Afghani who had been jailed since May and faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity. Mussa was released Monday after prosecutors determined there was not sufficient evidence to proceed with the case, said the detention center's director. But there were conflicting accounts about the release terms. One prosecutor involved in the case, who wanted to remain anonymous, said he was released only after agreeing to revert to Islam.
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Mussa was arrested last May after images of Afghans being baptised by Westerners and other Afghans praying at private Christian gatherings were broadcast in Kabul.
Mussa was one of at least two Afghans being detained in similar cases. The other, Shoaib Assadullah Musawi, who has been jailed since November after being accused of giving a friend the New Testament, is still being held.
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"I am very concerned about him," she said. "I don't know how he might have spent the time in prison in this cold winter season. Even if he is released, I don't know where he might be now. Or maybe he is in one of the foreign embassies for protection."