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Kayvan Samimi: Prisoner of the Day

Hunger-striking imprisoned newspaper publisher

rahana.org and CPJ: Arrested on June 14, 2009, Kayvan Samimi, 64, manager of the now-defunct monthly Nameh, is serving a six-year prison sentence on charges of "propagating against the regime," and "assembly and collusion to disrupt national security" along with a 15-year ban on “political, social, and cultural activities.”

Initially held at Evin Prison, Samimi was subjected to mistreatment. In February 2010, he was transferred to solitary confinement after objecting to poor prison conditions, according to Free Iranian Journalists, a website devoted to documenting cases of jailed reporters and editors. He and 14 other prisoners later went on a 16-day hunger strike to protest abuse at the prison. In November 2010, Samimi was transferred to Rajaee Shah Prison in Karaj, which houses violent criminals, according news reports. In May 2011, he and several other political prisoners waged a hunger strike to protest mistreatment there.

In August 2011, the reformist news website Jonbesh-e-Rah-e-Sabz reported that Samimi was in poor health and suffered from liver problems. Prison authorities refused medical leave for treatment outside the prison, the news site reported.

Video: An older clip of Kayvan Samimi's lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, now imprisoned herself, describing one of the times Kayvan Samimi participated in a protest hunger strike.

14-Dec-2011
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by Roozbeh_Gilani on

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Zendanian

What we're dealing with here is an American incredibly ignorant

by Zendanian on

of the 1979 Revloution, its roots, history, and complexities.

If five short lines you put an entire population of 35 million in one basket and condone their impriosnment and worse. Whereas in a blog dedicated to the defense of political prisoners the apt discourse shall be one of solidarity and furthering the cause of their liberty.

Iranian Revloution of 1979 is simply beyond your ken. Although IR was able to maniuplate and lie its way to power, the '79 Revloution at the same time had some of the most advanced urban, industrialized elements, and many other Modern Anti-Clercial instances. But all you could see is a cartoon of all Iranians as one, facilitating your distortions.

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You'll Never Walk Alone

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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=8smO4VS9134

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What we're dealing with

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Ghormeh Sabzi:

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