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The Persecution of Hoder

Keith Parkins | 01.10.2010 16:48 | Free Spaces | Repression | Terror War

Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, aka Hoder, has been sentenced in Iran to 19.5 years for being an 'anti-revolutionary blogger'.

No matter what his opinions were or what opinions you may have had about him, that doesn’t matter now. We should all be outraged, loudly outraged. For — as I said when Hoder told me about Sina’s arrest — a blogger, one of us, has been arrested and imprisoned for what he has said. If anyone should stand up for the right of free speech of a blogger it should be us, bloggers. -- Jeff Jarvis

Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, aka Hoder, has been sentenced in Iran to 19.5 years for being an 'anti-revolutionary blogger'.

We should be outraged and demand that the evil regime in Iran release him.

Also see

The persecution of Hoder
 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2010/09/28/the-persecution-of-hoder/

Iranian Blogger Hossein Derakhshan Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Prison
 http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/09/iranian-blogger-hossein-derakhshan-receives-19-5-years-in-prison/

Iran's 'blogfather' sentenced to almost 20 years in prison
 http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/29/iran.blogger.sentenced/

The heavy price of blogging in Iran
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/29/iran-derakhshan-blogger-jalied

Iran imprisons 'blogfather' for anti-state activities
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/28/iran-imprisons-blogfather-anti-state

Iran by Neda
 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/06/23/iran-by-neda/

Could Canada help release Hossein Derakhshan?
 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2010/09/27/could-canada-help-release-hossein-derakhshan/

Keith Parkins