19 December 2008

Stories from 19 December 2008

Iran: A Long and Painful Story of Jailed Bloggers

  19 December 2008

Iranian blogger and journalist, Omid Reza Mirsyafi, was sentenced [fa]to two and a half years of prison this week. He stands accused of insulting religious leaders, and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic. Over the past 5 years, several bloggers in Iran have faced jail and persecution because ...