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Iranian-Canadian Blogger Could Face Death Penalty


From The Gazette:

Canadian-Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan may face the death sentence, two Canadian freedom of expression organizations confirmed Tuesday.

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and PEN Canada, an international organization working for writers who are persecuted, imprisoned and exiled, learned from Derakhshan’s family that the Iranian prosecutor in his case has called for the death penalty.

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