Iran blogger sentenced to 14 years in prison

Thursday, 24 February 2005, 14:03

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Just two days after the Committee to Protect Bloggers’ awareness-raising excercise on his behalf, an Iranian court has sentenced blogger Arash Cigarchi (also transliterated “Arash Sigarchi”) has been to 14 years in prison, Human Rights Watch reports.

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