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In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death

Posted by timothy on from the get-yourself-a-good-sharia-lawyer dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In Iran, crimes such as apostasy (leaving a religion, in this case Islam) and armed robbery are already punishable by death, but a new bill in Iran aims to add to the list 'establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,' effectively giving the government a free hand in silencing bloggers. The internet is widely used in Iran, despite its previous attempts at censorship. Will this change as the censorship grows more rampant?"

2 of 495 comments (clear)

  1. IT'S TIME 4 COCOA KRISPIES, THEY ARE SO CHOCOLATY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That when I get a taste of them, I trumpet happily.

    Doot doot doot doooo!!

  2. Re:Ok, that's it by leomekenkamp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That totally unbalanced, agressive, uninformed, degrading, unrealistic, hate mongering and genocidal remark just made you the person with the lowest ID on my 'foe' list.

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