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Iran: Ganji's judge murdered

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iran

One of the more surprising twists in the on-going saga of imprisoned dissident journalist Akbar Ganji is the news that the judge in his case was murdered today in Tehran [1]. Iranian blogger Mr. Behi wonders what this turn of events means in the larger scheme of things [2] while webgardian links to a Farsi news account of the killing [3]. Ganji has been on a hunger strike for more than a month; his condition has deteriorated to the point where he was transferred to a hospital last week.