Iran: Jailed blogger Goudarzi receives NPC award

Written byFred Petrossian

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Posted 27 August 2010 10:00 GMT

The National Press Club has announced the international recipient of the 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award is Iranian blogger Kouhyar Goudarzi, who is being held in Tehran's Evin Prison–notorious for its torture of detainees.

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