Fargo native Roxana Saberi sentenced to 8 years in Iran.
GeneralThis forum is for non-technical general discussion which can include both Linux and non-Linux topics. Have fun!
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Fargo native Roxana Saberi sentenced to 8 years in Iran.
Roxana is from Fargo, where I live. Something on our minds more than the flooding.
She was writing a book about the Iranian culture. Normal human discourse is what they called spying.
"The Saberi case is the latest example of how Iranian authorities arbitrarily use spying charges to arrest journalists and tighten the gag on free expression," said the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders.
If you were alive 60 years ago, you would probably affectionately refer to Stalin as Uncle Joe.
Pirates and kidnappers you praise. You probably think Castro is a hero, even after exterminating 500,000 Ethiopian farmers as part of a dekulukization program in 1980.
If her journalist credentials did expire, then yes technically the Iranians do have a case on the grounds of being in the country illegally, however I don't see any tie in between that and being a 'spy.' So 8 years is way too excessive for such a technicality. At most she should be given only a few months and then deported. The Iranians haven't even produced any so called 'evidence' to support their claims of spying.
Only pirates around here are bankers, and they always get away with robbing me. Starving African teenagers aren't even in the same league.
And beside, Iran isn't a boozo-fascist police state like America, so I'm sure she got a fair trial.
Quote:
Iran president urges full defense for US reporter
AP - 04/19/2009 10:40:14 AM
By NASSER KARIMI
Iran president urges full defense for US reporter
AP
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said an American journalist sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of spying for the U.S. should be allowed to offer a full defense at her appeal, the state news agency reported Sunday.
The statement came a day after Iran announced the conviction and sentence for Roxana Saberi, a 31-year-old dual American-Iranian citizen. It was the first time Iran has found an American journalist guilty of espionage and her lawyer said he will appeal.
They hold elections and have a puppet president, so except for their flavor of religious zealotry they're not really that different IMHO. And they're also doing the world a lot of good by fighting evil alcohol traffickers. We should adopt their "drink a beer do ten years" social policies here. Just think of all the lives that could be saved! That's the kind of world I want to live in!
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.
