Iranian bill proposes murdering bloggers

The Citizen Media Law Project reports that the Iranian Parliament has approved a bill that would provide the death penalty for "establishing weblogs and sites promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy." Maiming is also a permitted punishment. The Council of Guardians still has to approve the bill before it becomes law. There are already laws which let the government kill people for saying things the ayatollahs don't like, but this bill would significantly broaden their reach into online speech.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran insists that Iranians are "the freest people in the world." If you don't agree with him, you may end up in jail, short a hand, or dead.