Iranian Blogger Jailed
Again from Iranian Truth
Nema highlights an unfortunate violation of freedom of expression in Iran where incidents like this are, sadly, common.
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This from Shahram Kholdi:
Seyyed Ahmad Seyyed Seraji [a Iranian blogger] has lost his appeal and is now to serve 18 months of jail (and receive 30 lashes), on charges of attempting to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran and insulting the Supreme Leader…He was arrested in June 2005 on the charge of anti-regime propaganda activities (through the weblogs that he managed). The arrest took place pursuant to another arrest that had taken place two years earlier on charges of activities against the security of the state. Though the Revolutionary Court (Branch Three of Tabriz) exonerated him of the charge of blasphemy, he was convicted to six months imprisonment as well as thirty lashes for insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. In total, now Seyyed Seraji will have to serve eighteen months as he was earlier convicted to twelve months by another Court of First Instance.
In none of the stages of the proceedings, according to Payman Pakmehr (the director of Tabriz News Agency), Seyyed Seraji was represented by a lawyer, and apparently he was several times assaulted in prison since June. Pakmehr also reports that this is not the end of the proceeding as the respective sentences are pending an appeal hearing at one of the branches of the State Supreme Court in Tehran.
Nema highlights an unfortunate violation of freedom of expression in Iran where incidents like this are, sadly, common.
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This from Shahram Kholdi:
Seyyed Ahmad Seyyed Seraji [a Iranian blogger] has lost his appeal and is now to serve 18 months of jail (and receive 30 lashes), on charges of attempting to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran and insulting the Supreme Leader…He was arrested in June 2005 on the charge of anti-regime propaganda activities (through the weblogs that he managed). The arrest took place pursuant to another arrest that had taken place two years earlier on charges of activities against the security of the state. Though the Revolutionary Court (Branch Three of Tabriz) exonerated him of the charge of blasphemy, he was convicted to six months imprisonment as well as thirty lashes for insulting the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. In total, now Seyyed Seraji will have to serve eighteen months as he was earlier convicted to twelve months by another Court of First Instance.
In none of the stages of the proceedings, according to Payman Pakmehr (the director of Tabriz News Agency), Seyyed Seraji was represented by a lawyer, and apparently he was several times assaulted in prison since June. Pakmehr also reports that this is not the end of the proceeding as the respective sentences are pending an appeal hearing at one of the branches of the State Supreme Court in Tehran.
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