Free The Blogfather Hossein Derakhshan
Hossein 'Hoder' Derakhshan is an Iranian-Canadian Blogger, journalist, and internet activist. He has been advocating the use of the internet as a mean for social and political reform in Iran. He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called by many journalists 'the father of Persian blogging' or the 'Blogfather'.There is no place for journalists in jail. We do not accept this 19.5 years of jail sentence. Hossein Derakhshan needs to be free. Sign the petition now: http://bit.ly/95i0l9
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State-sponsored cruelty to children continuesNews is coming in of a Pakistani family with 4 children, aged 3 - 12 years, detained in Yarl's Wood.
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