Thursday, March 19, 2009

Iranian blogger who insulted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dies in prison...

A young Iranian blogger jailed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for insulting the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died, his lawyer said today. 

Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said that although there is not yet an official report about the death yesterday of Omid Mir Sayafi, “officials in the prison said that he committed suicide." 

He demanded “an immediate inquiry and an autopsy into why he died." More...

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  3. Iran: a nation of bloggers...
  4. Blogger arrests hit record high...
  5. Nigeria declares war on bloggers...

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