Islamic Sharia supressing people’s freedom…what’s new.
Memri – In the past few days, Ahmadinejad’s government has blocked access to Facebook, Twitter, the online newsletter of the student union at Amir Kabir University in Teheran, and the Iranian news website Fararu, in what seems to be an attempt to obstruct the campaign in support of Ahmadinejad’s rivals in the upcoming presidential elections.
Source: Roz Al-Yousef (Iran), May 24, 2009; ILNA (Iran), May 23, 2009; Amir Kabir University Newsletter (Iran), May 23, 2009
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