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From Today's Zaman:
- Iran: (another) Prominent Human Rights Campaigner, Sentenced To Jail
After Shiva Nazad Azari's 6 yr- prison sentence and Hossein Derakhsan aka Hoder's possible death penalty, now Emad Baghi has also been sentenced for "engaging in propaganda against the Islamic republic".A prominent Iranian...
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New York Daily News Saudi court punishes group of men and women for mingling at a party with lashings, prison time In Saudi Arabia, fighting for your right to party could get you beaten and thrown in jail. A group of four men and 11 women were convicted...
- Teen Gang Rape Victim Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison
Gateway Pundit: An 18 year-old woman was sentenced to one year in prison for “consensual sex” after she accused 6 men of rape in the United Arab Emirates. REAL Organization reported: A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has convicted an 18 year...
- Happy Happy With The Al Saud ...just Great ..our Allies
How on earth does Condi sit down with these guys? A court in Saudi Arabia doubled its sentence of lashings for a rape victim who had spoken out in public about her case and her efforts to seek justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court also harassed...
- Saudi Court Sentences Rape Victim To 90 Lashes
(Jpost) A Saudi court has sentenced a gang rape victim to 90 lashes of the whip because she was alone in a car with a man to whom she was not married. The sentence was passed at the end of a trial in which the al- Qateef high criminal court convicted...
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Turkey: Pianist Sentenced To Ten Months In Prison For “Insulting Islam” On Twitter
From Today's Zaman:
An İstanbul court on Friday sentenced Turkish pianist Fazıl Say to 10 months in prison on charges of insulting Islamic religious values in comments he made on Twitter, after a re-trial ordered by an upper court.
The İstanbul 29th Court of First Instance in April ordered the re-trial for Say after the defendant appealed a ruling by the İstanbul 19th Peace Court that sentenced him to a 10-month prison sentence.
The court delayed the announcement of the verdict and said Say would be sent to jail if he commits a similar crime in the next five years.
The İstanbul 19th Peace Court on Friday announced its decision after the re-trial, upholding the 10-month prison sentence, but this time did not delay the announcement of the verdict — paving the way for the pianist to appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court of Appeals.
In early April, Say posted controversial tweets questioning whether heaven in Islamic belief is like a brothel or pub, because the Quran says there are rivers of wine and houris (very beautiful women) in heaven for those who commit good deeds while they are on Earth.
Among Say’s most controversial tweets were, “I am not sure if you have noticed, but where there is a louse, a non-entity, a lowlife, thief or fool, they are all pro-Allah.”
- Iran: (another) Prominent Human Rights Campaigner, Sentenced To Jail
After Shiva Nazad Azari's 6 yr- prison sentence and Hossein Derakhsan aka Hoder's possible death penalty, now Emad Baghi has also been sentenced for "engaging in propaganda against the Islamic republic".A prominent Iranian...
-
New York Daily News Saudi court punishes group of men and women for mingling at a party with lashings, prison time In Saudi Arabia, fighting for your right to party could get you beaten and thrown in jail. A group of four men and 11 women were convicted...
- Teen Gang Rape Victim Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison
Gateway Pundit: An 18 year-old woman was sentenced to one year in prison for “consensual sex” after she accused 6 men of rape in the United Arab Emirates. REAL Organization reported: A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has convicted an 18 year...
- Happy Happy With The Al Saud ...just Great ..our Allies
How on earth does Condi sit down with these guys? A court in Saudi Arabia doubled its sentence of lashings for a rape victim who had spoken out in public about her case and her efforts to seek justice, Human Rights Watch said today. The court also harassed...
- Saudi Court Sentences Rape Victim To 90 Lashes
(Jpost) A Saudi court has sentenced a gang rape victim to 90 lashes of the whip because she was alone in a car with a man to whom she was not married. The sentence was passed at the end of a trial in which the al- Qateef high criminal court convicted...