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Iran: Blogger was sentenced to more than 2 years prison

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 @ 19:42 UTC

by Hamid Tehrani

Countries:: Iran
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Governance, Human Rights, Religion

Several Iranian news sites such as Amir Kabir[fa], a student site, reported Omid Reza MirSyafi,Iranian blogger and journalist, was sentenced to 36 months prison. He was accused of insulting Iranian religious leaders and doing propaganda against Islamic Republic.

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[...] blogger and journalist, Omir Reza MiSyafi, has been sentenced to more than 2 years in jail. Omid was accused of insulting Iranian religious leaders and [...]

# 2008-12-17 at 11:25 am
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# 2008-12-22 at 23:52 pm
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[...] Sepideh Saremi, un blogueur irano-americain qui tient un blog intitule Parsarts nous signale une nouvelle série d’arrestation de blogueurs en Iran. La seule source viable pour cette nouvelle était en farsi, mais nous avons réussi à trouver une version anglaise. C’est pas en français, c’est tout de même plus compréhensif pour mes lecteurs que farsi. Hyperlien [...]

# 2008-12-24 at 14:55 pm
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[...] Mirsayafi, an Iranian blogger and journalist was jailed on Saturday.Read more here. Posted by Hamid Tehrani Print version Share [...]

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