Middle East
Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari is a prominent journalist and documentarian. He holds both Canadian and Iranian citizenship and has written for Newsweek since 1998. He was detained in Tehran on June 21, Newsweek said, as part of a crackdown after the re-election of President Mahmoud Admadinejad. Mr. Bahari was picked up at his mother's home in Tehran by government security officials who seized videotapes and a laptop computer.
New Details Emerges About Detainees Sentenced to Death
When 22-year-old student Hamed Ruhinejad first heard about the street protests that erupted throughout in Iran following the country's presidential election, he was already in jail. In fact, when the contentious June 12 vote took place, he had already been serving time at Tehran's Evin prison for about 40 days. But that fact didn't spare Ruhinejad, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, from a death sentence imposed for participating in rallies he could not possibly have attended.
Political Prisoners
Each of these people are unique and are their mother's treasured child; we must find the truth and report it to honor them. We must recognize their sacrifices made to bring Freedom to all Iranian People. Please, help me keep this updated. Some websites have listed different locations, different dates & different personal identification information for the same person. I have included all information gathered, until the true facts are known.