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Iran web writer jailed for 'insulting' supreme leader-2yrs.+
An Iranian web writer arrested in a crackdown against online dissent has been sentenced to two years behind bars for "insulting the supreme leader" Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his lawyer told AFP wire on Monday. I havent heard a peep out of Amnesty about this Mojtaba Saminejad "still faces charges of insulting the prophet and spreading curruption, which could cost him more jail terms," lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh said. The prophet? That's pushing it a little, isn't it? MORE Seifzadeh said his client had been aquitted of acting against national security and insulting the founder of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He said he would appeal the Revolutionary Court's verdict. Saminejad, 25, was based in the clerical capital of Qom. His weblog, or online diary, mainly dealt with sensitive religious and political issues. We'd be screwed. In Iran, questioning the absolute power of the supreme leader is illegal. Iranians should have the freedom to insult their leaders with every bit as bad of jokes as we can in the U.S. Jailed since September 2004, Saminejad was picked up along with some 20 other Internet writers and technicians working for pro-reform websites. Look at the bright side Sam, they can only hang you once Posted by: Elmavish Cleanter7105 2005-06-06 |
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