Friday, July 04, 2008

Open Intimidation: There is no such thing as free speech

Iran: Death Penalty for Blogging?

On Wednesday, Iranian members of parliament voted to discuss a draft bill that seeks to “toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society.” The text of the bill would add, “establishing websites and weblogs promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,” to the list of crimes punishable by death.
Emphasis mine.

Balocuh has published a cartoon where a cleric tells a woman about to be executed: “Don’t be upset, we'll execute you legally.”

I am going to vote for Barack Obama.
I am William "Papa" Meloney and I endorse this message.

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