Thursday, October 14, 2004

Iranian Bloggers Arrested

Thanks to Slashdot for linking to a Reuter's piece on this.
Iranian authorities have arrested at least six Internet journalists and webloggers in recent days, colleagues and relatives said on Wednesday, in a further blow to limited press freedoms in the Islamic state.
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They will face charges of "propagating against the regime, acting against national security, disturbing the public mind and also insulting religious sanctities," he said.
Kinda scary as a blogger. Fortunately I live in the good 'ole U.S. of A. where I have nothing to fear but the FBI & Dept. of Homeland Security. [Insert PATRIOT Act rant here.]