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Category: Tarek BaiasiBy Curt on May 15, 2008 in Tarek Baiasi, Syria, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Tarek Baiassi, whom we’ve written about before, has finally been sentenced, by a Syrian “court” to three years in prison. According to the RSF, the legal-like glass for Tarek’s sentence included “publishing false news” and “weakening national sentiment,” whatever that is. The real reason for the sentence was his having posted an article on the […]
By Curt on Jan 9, 2008 in Tarek Baiasi, Syria, Imprisoned bloggers | 2 Comments
Update: RSF reports that Baiasi is being tried on March 17. The whimsical “charges” brought against him are “undermining national sentiment” and “publishing false information.” “Undermining national sentiment” is the most Disney of all the fake charges that we’ve seen used by tinhorns the world over. This overtakes even “insulting Turkishness” in the Idiot Grand […]
