Five webloggers jailed

[Book Lover]

Too late for LBN...

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11978

Reporters Without Borders has strongly protested against the Iran's relentless efforts to stifle free expression online after the arrest of five webloggers in less than two months, the latest on 28 November 2004.

"The government is now attacking blogs, the last bastion of freedom on a network that is experiencing ever tighter control," said the worldwide press freedom organisation. "At the same time, an Iranian delegate is sitting on a UN-created working group on Internet governance. The international community should condemn this masquerade," it added.

Three webloggers identified only by their first names were arrested on 29 October 2004. They were : Dariush (http://www.dariushkabir.com), Omid (http://www.shurideh.com) and Payvand (http://gayaneh.net).

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The crackdown also continues against news websites. Hamed Motaghi, editor of Naqshineh.com, a webzine in Qom, was sentenced on appeal on 18 November to a three-month suspended prison term for "publishing false information with the aim of disrupting public order". His site has been inaccessible in Iran since March 2004.

[indigobusiness]

1. How long

before we see that here?

[xultar]

2. Oh Shit now they are giving *. KKKarl, and Gonzalez ideas n/t

[MatrixEscape]

3. Yeah, when will that spread?

Well, we know the Ineternet, et al, is the most imminent deterrent and threat to total domination by the Matrix. It won't be long before it is jeaopardy ... at least in the form that we know it.

Oh, and what about all that pracitice the military is getting in urban assualts over in Iraq? Hmmm?

[ooglymoogly]

4. gee i thought you were talking about u.s.

coming soon to america

[Lizzie Borden]

5. Hey, you gotta remember...

there's rumors on those internets.