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Iran:Zarafshan,human rights activist is out of prison

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 @ 18:43 UTC

by Hamid Tehrani

Countries:: Iran
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

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Rozmaregi [Fa]says that Nasser Zarafshan,human rights activist and lawyer, after being in jail for 5 years,is out of prison today.

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