Iran: More web activists got arrested

Posted 18 January 2012 12:00 GMT

Countries	Iran
Topics	Freedom of Speech
Languages	Farsi

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says [fa] Iran has arrested two web activists last week; Mohammad SoleimaniNia, who “hosts and manages websites of many Iranian civil society communities and intellectuals and manager of Persian literature website sokhan.com”, and Simin Nematollahi “Majzooban.org, the website of Iranian Gonabadi dervishes”.

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