U.S. Journalist Sentenced to 8 Years in Iranian Prison for "Espionage"

This is messed up, and makes you appreciate the importance of living in a free society and not some dictatorial backwater. From CNN:

"The Iranian government has held a secret trial, will not make public any evidence, and sentenced an American citizen to eight years in prison for a crime she didn't commit," the Democratic senator said.

There is also two "detained" (kidnapped) American journalists in North Korea right now, and bloggers aren't getting a lot of respect in tyrannical countries either. A Burmese blogger was sentenced to 20 years in prison for criticizing the junta, and a Chinese blogger was mysteriously stabbed.