News update:
Roozonline-
Human rights activist , journalist and writer Emad Baghi has been released from Evin prison!
Emad has a record of arrest, summon and imprisonment. Upto now he has been summoned to the court for 55 times. Because of his critical writing in newspapers he was sentenced to one year imprisonment and was released this week.In the past because of his writings in reformist newspapers about chain murdering he spent three years in prison.He has written 27 books.Because of his efforts on capital punishment Emad has received the human rights award from France in 2004.
He has also received the media award from Britain earlier this year .
Link to this news in Farsi:
http://www.roozonline.com/archives/2008/10/post_9532.php