(CNN) — A young blogger arrested in Iran for allegedly insulting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an Internet posting has died in prison, his attorney said Friday.
Attorney Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said Omid Mir Sayafi, reported to be in his 20s, died in Evin prison, which is located in Tehran and known for its wing holding political prisoners.
Dadkhah told CNN that a fellow inmate called him Wednesday night with the news — and said he believed Sayafi would have lived if he received proper medical care..
Sayafi was first arrested last April, then released for 41 days before being arrested again. He was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for comments on a blog that his lawyer argued was intended only for a few friends to read.
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4 comments:
Has BPT, Supreme Leader of Salisbury, heard about this?
very sad
Makes you glad we have the 1st amendment!! good bless the USA....and godspeed to this to young blogger!
SIC SYMPER TYRANIS!!
People in Iran or visitors to Iran ought to know their limit of freedom of speech. This is not the west over there, and government in certain countries in that part of the world don't take it too nicely if you speak against the government or their leaders.
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