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Iran: “Blogger sentenced to 15 years”

Written byFred Petrossian

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Posted 10 October 2010 7:16 GMT

Iranian blogger Hossein Maleki Ronaghi has been reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison. Hussein Rongah Melki (also known as “Babak Khoramdin”) was one of the key cyberactivists behind Iran Proxy against web filtering. He used to blog about human rights and civil society.

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