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March 29, 2006
Islamic Republic Of Iran Cracks Down On Bloggers
Topics: BlogosphereOn his last visit to Iran, Canadian-based blogger Hossein Derakhshan was detained and interrogated, then forced to sign a letter of apology for his blog writings before being allowed to leave the country. Compared to others, Derakhshan is lucky.
In the conservative Islamic Republic, where the government has vast control over newspapers and the airwaves, weblogs are one of the last bastions of free expression, where people can speak openly about everything from sex to the nuclear controversy. But increasingly, bloggers are under attack, and they are using american commercial software to do it.
.... as though I needed another excuse to blog on Iran!
Hat tip - Egyptian Sandmonkey
Posted by Richard at March 29, 2006 3:17 PM
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