Fred Petrossian · August, 2011

Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from August, 2011

Iran: A blogger was beaten up in jail

  18 August 2011

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.

Iran: Blogger Freed After 25-day Hunger Strike

  16 August 2011

Dr. Mehdi Khazali, a blogger, publisher and son of a leading conservative cleric and former Council of Guardians member, Ayatollah Khazali, was released on bail from prison on Sunday after a 25-day hunger strike. The blogger has raised his voice against the Iranian government for the last two years, and...

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