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| Iran to execute two bloggers | |
| 2012-01-27 | |
| Iranian courts have sentenced two bloggers to death for "spreading corruption," and government security forces have arrested four other journalists, in the lead-up to the nation's March elections. "In the past two weeks, security forces have reportedly arrested four journalists," the U.S. State Department said in a statement, "including Shahram Manouchehri, Sahamedin Bourghani, Parastoo Dokouhaki, and Marzieh Rasouli, and Iranian courts confirmed death sentences for bloggers Saeed Malekpour and Vahid Asghari, both of whom were not accorded due process and now face imminent execution on charges of 'spreading corruption.'" The State Department faulted Iran for trying "to extinguish all forms of free expression and limit its citizensÂ’ access to information in the lead-up to March parliamentary elections."
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 "DonÂ’t you see? Voldemort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one that rises against them and strikes back!" Albus Dumbledore "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", J. K. Rowling |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2012-01-27 13:03 |