Conservative courts sentence 12 netizens to lengthy prison terms

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns – yet again – arrests and heavy sentences handed down against numerous journalists and netizens. On 27 May 2014, 12 information activists in several cities were sentenced by the regime's revolutionary courts to a total of 135 years in prison for social-media activities. On 28 May 2014, journalist Saba Azarpeyk was arrested. Her family does not know the charges against her or where she is being held. A reporter for the monthly Tejarat-e-Farda and Etemad, a (...)

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