Iran: ban

The homosexual student Mehdi Kazemi has been granted asylum by Britain.
Last year his asylum in Britain was rejected and he was in danger of being deported to Iran.
In Iran he could face execution for his sexuality.
He fled England for The Netherlands but was sent back to England.


Iran confirmed the arrest from Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naeimi, Saeid Rezaie, Behrouz Tavakkoli and Vahid Tizfahm.
Government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said that the six arrested Bahaíleaders are a group that has acted against the country's interests and has links with foreigners, especially the Zionists (Israel).
The founder of the Bahaífaith was banished and lived 40 years in exile. He died in 1892 and was buried in the Holy Land, close to what is now the northern Israeli port of Haifa.
According to Gholam Hossein Elham, this arrest does not have to do with ideological issues or as it is called beliefs, which Iran basically does not approve of.


Iranian authorities have blocked access to several websites and blogs of women's rights advocates and journalists critical of the government.
The daily Etemad Melli wrote that this follows a new directive sent out by a committee tasked with identifying illegal websites to Internet service providers.
According to the report the feminist websites including Meydaan-e Zanan (Women's Field), Kanoon Zanan Irani (Iranian Women's Centre), Shir Zanan which covers women's sporting events, and "Change for Equality" have been blocked.

The ban has targeted the "One Million Signatures" campaign websites launched in different Iranian cities as well as in Germany, Kuwait, Cyprus and California in the USA.
It also targeted popular social networking sites and news sites, while several cyber journalists and bloggers have been detained.


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
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