Friday, March 20, 2009

Bloggers of the World Unite: Insulting the Supreme Leader of Iran

Bloggers of the world, unite. "The Committee to Protect Journalists called today for an immediate investigation into the March 18 death of an Iranian blogger imprisoned in Tehran's notorious Evin prison‎. Omidreza Mir Sayafi's lawyer, Muhammad Ali Dadkhan, told the UK's Times Online that prison officials told him that his client had committed suicide. Dadkhan‎ said that before his death, Sayafi had expressed concerns about his health, "but the doctors there didn't take this seriously and said he was faking it." Sayafi, 28, whose writing appeared on the now-defunct cultural blog, Rooznegar, was sentenced in November 2008 to 30 months in prison for insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the 1979 revolution. A second charge of insulting Islam was pending against him, according to local and international news reports. Sayafi began his prison term in February." Bloggers of the world should in solidarity with the victim blogger, orchestrate a campaign to insult the Iranian Supreme Leader in unison. It has become a professional duty. And let us face it: it is way too easy to insult that Ayatullah dude. (thanks Mariwan)