Imprisoned Blogger and human rights activist, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki who launched a hunger strike last Saturday was taken to hospital out side of the prison this afternoon due to dire health.
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Mubarak Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
By RFE/RL June 02, 2012 Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of complicity in the killing of peaceful protesters.
Hossein Ronaghi Maleki’s Letter To Arash Sadeghi, Urging Him To Halt His Hunger Strike
On hunger strike, incarcerated blogger and human rights activist Hossein Ronaghi Malki has written a letter to imprisoned student activist Arash Sadeghi, who went on a hunger strike in support of Ronaghi. In his letter Ronaghi urges Sadeghi to halt his hunger strike.
Radio Farda Families A Target In Iran
RFE/RL – In an escalation of ongoing efforts to thwart Radio Farda, RFE/RL’s Persian-language Service, Iranian authorities are interrogating journalists’ family members in Iran.
Jailed activist on hunger strike
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand, a jailed Kurdish human rights activist, has once again begun a hunger strike to back his demand for a furlough to visit his sick son.
Senior cleric calls for apology to Iranian people
Senior Shiite leader Ayatollah Mousavi Ardebili has spoken out in Qom against the current political situation in Iran, announcing that all current and former leaders of the Islamic Republic regime must apologize to the people.
11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre
BEIRUT (AP) — When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother’s blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead.
Ministry of Health alarmed about smoking rates for children
Iran’s Health Minister has warned that Iranian students are taking up smoking at increasingly younger ages.
Joint Statement on the Right to Education and Academic Freedom in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran joins 16 other student and human rights organizations in a statement expressing deep concern for the violation of the right to education and academic freedom in Iran.
Iran Cancels $2 Billion Dam Deal With China
Chinese and Iranian media are reporting that Iran has canceled a $2 billion contract for a Chinese firm to help build a major hydroelectric dam in Iran’s southwestern Lorestan Province.