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Watching satellite channels and drinking alcohol punishable by prison and flogging |
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While attending to the bill to Counter Trafficking Goods and Money, representatives of the Islamic Majlis [so-called parliament] set the punishment for trafficking, keeping, carrying and selling banned goods such as alcoholic beverages and satellite receiving equipment.In today’s session, article 19 of the bill to Counter Trafficking Goods and Money regarding the punishments for trafficking banned goods was ratified.Article 19 stipulates that ‘Whoever traffics, possesses or sells banned goods, in addition to the confiscation of the goods, he\she will be sentenced from 6 months to 2 years of prison, a fine equivalent to 10 times the value of the goods and up to 74 lashes
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