Human Rights News from Iran

Monday, May 16, 2005

Reporters sans frontires - Iran Imprisoned blogger goes on hunger-strike

Reporters sans fronti�res - Iran: "Reporters Without Borders today called on bloggers throughout the world to post messages in support of Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been in prison since 12 February and who began a hunger-strike on 14 May.
'The life of this young blogger is in danger as he is being held in a prison where several detainees have died or have been injured in violence between inmates,' the press freedom organization said.
'You must talk about him on the Web and in the media in order to put pressure on the Iranian authorities,' the organization said, adding, 'all bloggers must feel concerned about his fate and that of his two colleagues who are also imprisoned.'
According to his family, Mojtaba initially tried to file a complaint about mistreatment but his interrogators replied they were going to put him in a detention centre where he would 'regret having complained.' He is currently held in Gohar Dashat prison (in a Tehran suburb), which has a reputation for mistreatment of detainees. He shares his cell with non-political prisoners.
Mojtaba's father, Sfar Saminejad, told the student news agency ISNA, 'I wrote several letters to the authorities to complain about the unacceptable conditions in which my son is being detained, but no one replied.'
Mojtaba's hands and feet were in chains when he appeared in court on 11 May. "

posted by HRIRAN.ORG at 12:42 PM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Very nice site! » »

6:52 AM  

Post a Comment

<< Home

Previous Posts

  • Court Frees Dissident Who Said Iranians Wanted Bet...
  • Iran: Too little, too late -- Afsaneh Norouzi�s de...
  • Ahwazi: Alarm over Ahwazi Asylum Seeker's Treatmen...
  • RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY: Rights Group Urg...
  • IHRAG: Letter to Angelika Beer, Chair of the Deleg...
  • Iran Focus-News - Human Rights - Convicted murdere...
  • Iran Focus-News - Special Wire - Rome: Trial begin...
  • Reporters sans frontires - Iran Journalist Emadold...
  • Iran: Reports of Ethnic Violence Suppressed (Human...
  • Human Rights Watch - Blog for Human Rights

Powered by Blogger