Watchdog Calls For Answers On Anniversary Of Iran Journalist’s Death

March 18, 2010 · Posted in general · Comment 
The Paris-based media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has asked for a full investigation into the case of Omidreza Mirsayafi, an Iranian journalist and blogger who died in prison one year ago, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.

On March 18, 2009, Mirsayafi died in Tehran’s Evin prison. Prison authorities said he committed suicide by overdosing on sedative tablets.

Mirsayafi was serving a two-year sentence for insulting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his personal weblog.

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