Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Iranian pioneer of reform bloggers jailed for 19 years - Middle East, World - The Independent

Iranian pioneer of reform bloggers jailed for 19 years - Middle East, World - The Independent:

"An Iranian court has sentenced the founder of one of the first Farsi-language blogs, credited with sparking the boom in Iranian reform bloggers, to more than 19 years in prison.

The Iranian-Canadian Hossein Derakhshan, 35, was a controversial figure among Iran's blogging community. Writing his blog from Canada, he was initially a critic of Iran's clerical leadership and in 2006 visited Israel – Iran's arch enemy – saying he wanted to act as a bridge between the two countries' peoples."

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