Thursday, March 19, 2009

Iranian blogger dies in prison

Global voices online are reporting that the Iranian blogger,Omid Reza Mir Sayafi has died in prison.

The 29 year old had been sentenced to two and half years in prison for allegedly insulting religious leaders, and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

They report that

According to the Human Rights activists in Iran website, Omid Reza suffered from deep depression in jail and was prescribed medications of which he apparently took too many.

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