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: JURIST - The Paper ChaseIran court sentences journalist charged with 'warring against God' to 6 years
By Dwyer Arce
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[JURIST] A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran [GlobaLex backgrounder] on Saturday sentenced Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election [JURIST news archive], to six years in prison. Ahari was sentenced to three-and-half-years [AFP report] for warring against God, known in Islamic law as Moharebeh, two years for conspiracy to commit a crime and six months for propaganda against the government. In addition to the jail sentence, Ahari was read more
Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on September 19, 2010 (boomark / email).
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