Iran Parliament to Debate Death Penalty for Bloggers (ReadWriteWeb)
The Iranian parliament is set to debate a draft bill that would add a number of crimes to the list of those that can result in execution, among them "establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy." Apostasy means the abandonment of a religion. The official Iranian news agency reports that the bill is intended to "toughen punishment for harming mental security ...
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In Iran, Blogging May Be Punishable By Death (Slashdot)
An anonymous reader writes "In Iran, crimes such as apostasy (leaving a religion, in this case Islam) and armed robbery are already punishable by death, but a new bill in Iran aims to add to the list 'establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy,' effectively giving the government a free hand in silencing bloggers. The internet is widely used in Iran, despite ...
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Web could get you killed (iafrica.com)
If a new bill gets voted into law in Iran, blogging about the wrong things could get you killed.
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Iran mulls death penalty for Internet crimes (Independent Online)
Iran's parliament is set to debate a draft bill which could see the death penalty used for those deemed to promote corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the Internet.
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Iran mulls death penalty for Internet crimes (Khaleej Times)
TEHERAN - Iran's parliament is set to debate a draft bill which could see the death penalty used for those deemed to promote corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the Internet, reports said on Wednesday.
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