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Statement by Iranian Bloggers on Hossein Derakhshan
A group of Iranian bloggers have made a public statement regarding the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan. The statement, originally posted at eyeranian.net, also appeared on MR Zine, and reads: We, the...
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Hoder’s Arrest Confirmed by Iran
In the midst of continued attacks upon Gaza, Iran has finally confirmed the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan. From the Associated Press via the International Herald Tribune: Iran confirmed on Tuesday that...
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Article 7
Following the arrest and subsequent release of Iranian-American reporter Roxana Saberi, we are surprised that Hoder’s case has received little media attention. In fact, mentions of Hossein Derakhshan...
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One Year Later, Hoder is Still Behind Bars
From the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: (28 October 2009) The Iranian Judiciary should release Hossein Derakhshan, a blogger who has been in detention without trial for the past year,...
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CPB Interviews Hamed Derakhshan, and other press
Notable press on Hoder’s case this week: The Committee to Protect Bloggers has just done an interview with Hoder’s brother Hamed, here. Iranian-American journalist Cyrus Farivar has written an...
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Petition for Release
There is a petition for Hoder’s release circulating: http://www.gopetition.com/online/31859.html. Please sign the petition, and visit the Iran Information Project for more info.
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The Blogfather’s Birthday
Today is Hossein Derakhshan’s 35th birthday. Today also marks one year, two months, and six days since his imprisonment. He has been illegally detained since November 2008. During his confinement he...
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Greetings and Thank you
Thanks to Jillian, I can also post on this blog now. I have never had a blog and have never thought about having one, but I decided to join Jillian and the rest of our friends to update this blog and...
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Interview with Hossein Derakhshan’s Mother
Source of the interview originally in Persian: http://kamtarin.com/?p=392, translator wishes to remain anonymous September 21, 2010 Due to the reports of the website Kamtarin about the trial of the...
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Sign the Petition
In the interest of not duplicating efforts, we’d like to point you to the new site, Freetheblogfather.com, which offers a wealth of information and collected news articles about Hoder’s situation. We...
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