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More than 30 journalists languishing in Iranian prisons

 


Only in the past year, more than 10 journalists who were previously
released on bail, were jailed after their sentences were finalized…

Currently more than 30 journalists have been jailed with sentences
ranging from 1 to 12 years of prison.
Ahmad Zeid Abadi, Alireza Rajayi, Abolfazl Abedini, Esa Saharkhiz, Ali
Malihi, Nader Karimi Jouni, Emad Bahavar, Shahin Zinali, Heshmatollah
Tabarzadi, Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, Siamak Qaderi and dozens of other
journalists are currently jailed in the prisons of the Islamic
Republic of Iran serving their prison terms. Sentences that were
issued in show trials without due process and the presence of a jury.
The Iranian government has still maintained its place as the most
violent violator of the right to free speech, free media and other
civil liberties not only because of the presence of more than 30
journalists sentenced to about 150 years of prison overall but because
of the summonses and pressures that a large number of Iranian
journalists are subjected to including Abdolreza Tajik, Mohamamd
Quchani, Farzaneh Roustayi, Nazanin Khosravani, Ahmad Gholami and
others.

Source : Human Rights Activists in Iran