According to the BBC:
People charged for having illegal internet sites…will be put on trial soon,” said a judiciary spokesman.Web journals flourish in Iran where the youthful, reform-hungry population has gone online for news and entertainment.
The popularity of the internet has grown as hardline judges closed about 100 printed publications since 2000….
“We do not know where they are being held. We heard they have been kept in solitary confinement,” a relative is quoted as saying.
Correspondents say Iran has a poor record of press freedom, with more journalists behind bars than in any other Middle Eastern country.
The head of the judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, announced new laws specifically covering “cyber crimes” on Monday, AFP reported.
According to the law, “anyone who disseminates information aimed at disturbing the public mind through computer systems or telecommunications…would be punished in accordance with the crime of disseminating lies”. (My emphasis)
Not-really-related: Just One Minute blogs about the Bush “Special Olympics” flyer. Western culture, though superior, is obviously on the decline. I don’t know what took me so long to discover Scrappleface. Funny stuff.
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“According to the law, “anyone who disseminates information aimed at disturbing the public mind through computer systems or telecommunications…would be punished in accordance with the crime of disseminating lies”.”
Moveon.org and Michael Moore had better be quite glad that they live in the US and not Iran.
Iran’s revolution is around the corner. They will not able to bring the youth under ‘control’.
Let’s get Dan Rather and 60 minutes to do a story on this. I’m sure President Bush could be blamed in some way.
I am not sure why this story is an example proves that Western culture is superior.
La Shawn – re your “unrelated” addendum: I love Scrappleface, too!
I’ve even passed it on to a relatively liberal coworker…who loved it.
Dear LB,
I know some men that want to believe they have married a woman who is less intelligent than they are. However, I know no man, who does not want his daughters to be educated.
A good friend has one daughter with MBA and the other (much younger) entered Un. of MD lawschool this year. Our Western culture is so different from Mideast (except Israel). I realize what girls and women wear a Supermarket may be considered indecent 40 years ago.
In Christian Love,
JMB
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