Iran: A blogger was beaten up in jail

Written byFred Petrossian
Posted 18 August 2011 6:10 GMT

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Human rights activists say [fa] Hossein Maleki Ronaghi, a jailed blogger, was beaten up in prison, after writing a letter to Iran's judicary authorities, by a guard and sent to a hospital. This blogger has been sentenced to 15 years jail.

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