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	Iran Sentences Bloggers to 124 Lashes

infidel70

2-8-2009 10:06 PM

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infidel70 says:

Ouch. I wonder how that compares to a caning in Singapore.

The head of Tehran’s court system, Abasali Alizadeh, told ISNA and ‎IRNA, “Certain officers and judiciary’s officials committed violations throughout the ‎case, including in extracting confessions from defendants.”‎

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