Blogging: Punishable by Death
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New legislation has been proposed in Iran that could make blogging a crime punishable by death. Cyrus Farivar has a story on today’s edition of the PRI radio show The World: Iran considers harsh penalty for some bloggers
Over at Global Voices, Hamid Tehrani writes: 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.
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