Monday, December 17, 2007

Iran Cracks Down On Free Speech Again

The Iranians are calling using the Internet immoral and have arrested people using Internet cafes. The mullahs know that the Internet cafes are a have for opposition groups who use the Internet to communicate and spread their opinions. The mullahs will have none of that, and are targeting the Internet users who practice free speech because it is a threat to the regime:
Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, detaining 23 people, as part of a broad crackdown on immoral behavior in the Islamic state, official media said on Sunday.

The action in Tehran province was the latest move in a campaign against fashion and other practices deemed incompatible with Islamic values, including women flouting strict dress codes and barber shops offering men Western hair styles.

"Using immoral computer games, storing obscene photos ... and the presence of women wearing improper hijab were among the reasons why they have been closed down," Colonel Nader Sarkari, a provincial police commander, said.
The morality police in Iran are engaging in taking away rights that we here in the West take for granted.

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