Jot: Accussed for being Blogger and/or Woman

The first lines of some extremely vague Iranian news clip:

The court of justice examining lawsuits of several ladies accused of weblogging cleared them of the charge, Judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi-Rad said on Thursday.

Can somebody tell me what's the deal here? Were these "ladies" accussed because they were weblogging, or because they were "ladies" and weblogging? I guess the first, it may be the last, I fear both....