Man Arrested In Greece For "Blasphemous" Facebook Page

Posted by timothy on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @05:12AM from the where-you-can-be-crucified-but-not-cremated dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A 27-year old man was arrested yesterday in Greece (Greek-language original) by the electronic crime police, for creating a Facebook page "Geron Pastitsios" which made fun of an extremely respected Orthodox Christian monk who lived in Mount Athos, as well as the Greek Church. The arrest came promptly after the Greek far-right party — which holds 7% of the parliament seats — submitted an official petition asking the government to take down the page. The charges that the young man faces are 'blasphemy' and 'disrespect to the religious beliefs of others.'" What would the UN say?

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Re:man it sucks here in the USA by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-25 05:28 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It won't matter for long if our leaders continue to apologize for the "mis-use" of our rights instead of boldly defending them. We're harassing the hell out of some guy who made a 2nd-rate movie about Muhammad and making sure the world sees him being put into the back seat of a car. Then our government buys airtime on Pakistani TV to apologize for his actions. This freedom stuff is fragile so pay attention!