Thursday Oct. 19,2005

iran-chabar online (www.iran-chabar.de ) reporting from Tabriz news:
News in brief - A blogger was sentenced to 30 lashes and the sentence was carried inside the "Tabriz" prison !
Tabriz News : Mr. " Seyed Ahmad Seyed Saraji " a blogger was sentenced to 30 lashes and it was carried in Tabriz prison .
Mr. Seyed Ahmad Seyed Saraji in a short telephone conversation from Tabriz prison with Tabriz news reporter said : " Division # 7 of the Tabriz judiciary for execution of sentencing has carried 30 lashes against me.
Mr. Saraji have been accused of " insulting the leader and other high ranking officials of the Islamic Republic" . He has been charged with other offenses like " propaganda against the system".
Mr. Saraji was arrested on Wednesday June 29, 2005 and was sentenced to 6 months prison term and he was serving his sentences in Tabriz Central Prison when this happened.
This blogger spent most of his prison term among murderers and drug dealers and in one occasion they beat him up and they told him that they will cut his wrist and leaving him to die and showing that "Saraji has commited suicide".

Translated by IRAN WATCH CANADA

Link to this news in Farsi :
http://www.iran-chabar.de/1384/07/28/003.htm
Link to english news about Iran from IFEX :
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15304
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/221/
RSF Link in Farsi:
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=256

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