Sunday, April 26, 2009

Iran: prosecutable

Journalist Roxana Saberi, who is sentenced to 8 years in prison on charge of espionage, has according to her father, gone to hungerstrike.
He says that his daughter told him she had stopped eating five days ago.
source: BBC-news


The website Tabnaknews reported that Friday during clashes with PEJAK members at a policestation in Ravansar, Kurdistan province, more then 10 persons were killed.
The exact number of casualties is not known.Reuters reports that 20 people are killed.
In a similar incident at a policestation in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province Saturday, one policeman was killed and four others were injured.
source: Tehrantimes.com


Iranian online police reports that 124,000 computer and internet crime cases were identified last year.
About 26 percent of the crimes reported were related to unauthorized access to computer networks, hacking, spreading slander and lies. Some 7 percent of crimes were copyright violation. Other reported crimes were online harassment and bullying.
source: Press-TV

Imported oranges from Israel caused a fuss in Iran. The oranges have stickers with a sign that reads, "Jaffa sweetie Israel PO." They were packed in boxes marked "made in China".
The head of the Fruit and Vegetable Distribution Organization in Tehran, described the incident in a interview with Mehrnews as 'worrisome' adding that the violators of the law should be brought to justice.
The deputy head of Iranian Customs said if any Israeli oranges had been imported, it could only have happened through unofficial channels.
The deputy Iranian Commerce Minister presented a prize of USD 1 billion, for anyone who can prove that the Iranian Commerce Ministry has issued an import permit for the oranges.
source: Press-TV


In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl

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