Iran: Two Bloggers in Danger of Death

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Two bloggers and members of the “Committee of Human Rights” (Chrr), Mehrdad Rahimi and Kouhyar Goudarzi (photographed above: Goudarzi, left, and Rahimi, right) have been accused of wanting to wage “a war against God,” and charged as being “Mohareb” (enemies of God). Their charges are similar to those against the two men who were executed this week in Tehran. Reporters without Borders writes other bloggers who are members of the committee have also been arrested in recent weeks. They are Parisa Kakei, who was arrested on January 2; Shiva Nazar Ahari on December 24; and Said Kanaki and Said Jalali on December 1. They are all still being held in Section 209 of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and are being subjected to considerable pressure to name other members of the committee and to call for it to be disbanded.

Chrr writes [fa] that Mehrdad Rahimi is under pressure to do a “television confession.”

This organization adds:

Koohyar Goodarzi, journalist and human rights activist, has reportedly been transferred from solitary confinement to a three-person cell in Ward 209 of Evin prison. Goodarzi has been detained since December 20, 2009.

It is not clear that how much their blogging activities played in their arrest but both of them used to blog on human rights issues.

Mehrdad Rahimi in his blog talked about diverse social, political and economic issues such as labour rights. He once wrote:

Many got arrested for months without any right to have access to any lawyer.

Koohyar Goodarzi in a long post asked for freedom for other members of the Committee of Human Rights.

Iranian authorities have jailed several bloggers such as Hossien Derakhshan in recent years. Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, a 29-year old Iranian blogger and journalist died in Evin Prison in Tehran on March 18, 2009.

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  • حمایت از آزادی بیان. به عنوان مثال ، حتی اگر رفتار غلط بود. افرادی که در آرایش ، از یکدیگر حمایت کنند. زبان ، برای مثال ، تعدادی از کشورها بیش از وجود دارد. زبان. این گویش در این است. تنها تفاوت در این مدت که دور از منطقه است. تغییر در تفکر منطقه ای. اما عشق مردم را تغییر دهید. با توجه به آموزه های بودا.

    अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता को सुरक्षित रखें. उदाहरण के लिए, यहाँ तक कि अगर व्यवहार गलत था. क्या श्रृंगार लोग, एक दूसरे का साथ. भाषाएँ, उदाहरण के लिए, वहाँ देशों की संख्या. भाषा. यह एक बोली है. फर्क सिर्फ इतना है कि इस क्षेत्र से दूर शब्द है. क्षेत्रीय सोच में परिवर्तन. लेकिन प्यार लोगों को नहीं बदलेगा. के अनुसार बुद्ध की शिक्षाओं को.

    Protect the freedom of expression. For example, even if the behavior was wrong. What makeup people, support each other. Languages, for example, the number of countries over there. Language. It is a dialect. The only difference is that term away from the region. Changes in regional thinking. But love will not change people. According to the teachings of the Buddha.

    保障言論自由。舉例來說,即使行為是錯誤的。什麼化妝的人,互相支持。語言,為例如,在一些國家在那邊。語言。這是一個方言。唯一不同的是,長期遠離該地區。區域思想的變化。但愛不會改變的人。根據佛陀的教誨。

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