Tuesday, March 17, 2009

News at Eleven: [Yevgenia] Savelyeva refused to recite

the poems that were found extremist, citing fears that her telephone was bugged by law enforcement officers.

Poems posted on Savelyeva's blog, written under the nickname "nibaal," included one about shakhids, the term meaning "martyrs" that is often mistakenly used to describe Islamic suicide bombers. The poem, addressed to a shakhid, calls on them to "hold the detonator tight" and says they will die "heroes" of their motherland and go to paradise.

from The Moscow Times: Poet Found Guilty of Extremism

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