Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Sentenced to Death for Blogging in Iran?

According to this article on the Blogger News Network, and this article on Reporters Without Borders, 25-year-old blogger Mojtaba Saminejad has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court for "insulting the Supreme Guide" and who is due to be tried soon on a separate charge of insulting the prophets, which carries a possible death penalty. There is a blog site in support of his release and an online petition to sign.

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