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

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and several iran based blogs Esmail Jafari, an Iranian blogger and journalist based in the southwestern city of Bushehr, was sentenced to five months in prison on 6 December on charges of “anti-government publicity” and “disseminating information abroad.” He is still free pending the outcome of an appeal.

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    [...] of the Shiite faith.In the same time several bloggers such as Freedomvatan reported [fa] that Esmail Jafari, a journalist and blogger ‘was arrested by Iranian security agents'. Posted by Hamid [...]

    # 2008-12-31 at 11:40 am

  • Pingback: Global Voices Online » Iran: Two bloggers in jail

    [...] of the Shiite faith.In the same time several bloggers such as Freedomvatan reported [fa] that Esmail Jafari, a journalist and blogger ‘was arrested by Iranian security agents'. Posted by Hamid [...]

    # 2008-12-31 at 11:40 am

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  • Pingback: Global Voices Advocacy » Iran: A blogger freed on bail

    [...] According to Reporters Without Borders and Committee to Protect Bloggers, Esmail Jafari,a journalist and blogger based in the southwestern city of Bushehr was released from Bushehr prison on 18 March.Read more here. [...]

    # 2009-04-9 at 15:17 pm

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