Death Penalty for Blogging?
July 8th, 2008 by Adam
Hamid Tehrani at Global Voices Online (Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan) reports on Iran’s parliament voting to discuss a draft bill that would make, “establishing websites and weblogs promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,” punishable by death. The bill, its proponents argue, is necessary to, “toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society.” However, bloggers fear this vague definition is a prelude to a much more lethal, arbitrary crackdown, and that if the bill passes their lives could be in serious danger.
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