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EU condemns Iran’s draft penal code

by Barney on 26 February 2008

Slovenia, as the EU Presidency, has issued the following statement on behalf of the EU and a number of other countries, expressing grave concern at the draft penal code that the Iranian parliament is currently considering.
25.02.2008
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU concerning the consideration of a draft Penal code in Iran
The European [...]

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Teachers, teddy bears and Islam

by Barney on 4 December 2007

I am very happy that Gillian Gibbons is home from Sudan. The whole episode has left a lot of people utterly bewildered that a middle-aged teacher, who allowed her class to vote to name a teddy bear “Muhammad”, ended up imprisoned in Sudan, convicted of insulting religion. Had she been convicted of inciting hatred and [...]

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