More On That Iranian Cartoonist Sentenced To A Lashing
I'd go here and here for more on the horrible sentence given Mahmoud Shokraye for depicting an MP in a football jersey. I think that coverage makes a fine point that while the sentence itself is clearly what's putting this into a lot of feature stories, because it's an idiotic and inhumane sentence, the key development is that Iran legal culture is allowing political figures to sue cartoonists if they don't like the way they're depicted. This is almost always a recipe for disaster in such countries where the judiciary and politicians share a sphere of influence, and is the evocation of some lousy principles besides.
