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From Reporters without Borders:
Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about the fate of 25-year-old blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court for "insulting the Supreme Guide" and who is due to be tried soon on a separate charge of insulting the prophets, which carries a possible death penalty...
...arious initiatives are under way on the Iranian Internet in support of Mojtaba. Internet users have dedicated a blog to him in both English (http://mojtaba-samienejad.blogspot.com) and in Farsi (http://en-mojtaba-samienejad.blogspot.com). Some 50 Iranian bloggers are openly backing him. The Penlog bloggers group has also firmly condemned his conviction (see http://penlog.blogspot.com/2005/06/blog-post_05.html).
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by D. Weinberger at June 11, 2005 03:39 AM
Comments
I think we should be more concerned about our own rights to freedom of speech. For example...did you know it is against the law to show pictures in the media of the flag draped coffins returning from Iraq?
Posted by: extagen no | June 11, 2005 08:43 PM
really want to see the things that goes on around the world . that stays hiden
from america
Posted by: kaleb hasting | January 31, 2006 05:05 AM