Mojtaba Saminejad
Mojtaba Saminejad | |
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مجتبی سمیعنژاد | |
| Mojtaba Saminejad at Azad University, in handcuffs, to sit his exams (January 2006) | |
| Born | (1980年09月30日) September 30, 1980 (age 44) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Other names | Madyar |
| Occupation(s) | Web blogger, publisher, writer |
| Website | http://www.madyariran.net/ |
Mojtaba (Madyar) Saminejad (Persian: مجتبی سمیع نژاد, born 30 September 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian blogger and writer. He studied journalism at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University.
He is the president of Shahr-e Khorshid publications (Persian: انتشارات شهر خورشید) and editor of Ferdowsi magazine.
Activities
[edit ]As a student, Saminejad was a writer and blogger. In 2004 Reporters Without Borders listed his as one of the Best blogs defending freedom of expression.
Saminejad's initial arrest on November 1, 2004,[1] followed the publication on his blog of the arrests of three other bloggers. He was released on bail on January 27, 2005,[2] relaunched his blog at a new address. It was promptly re-arrested on February 12, 2005. His bail was doubled to 125,000,ドル which he could not pay.[3]
He was charged with "insulting the prophets" (punishable by the death penalty under Article 512 of the Iranian Islamic penal code), "endangering national security", and "insulting the Supreme Leader" (the head of state of Iran).
On June 2, 2005, he was found guilty of "insulting the Supreme Leader", and sentenced to two years imprisonment by Judge Saadat of Revolutionary Court 13.[1] On June 28, 2005, he was found not guilty of "insulting the prophets". One month later he was sentenced to an extra ten months in prison for incitement to "immorality".[3] [4]
During his arrest, Saminejad was allegedly held in solitary confinement for 88 days and subjected to beatings and torture.[5]
He was taken in handcuffs to sit his exams at Tehran's Azad University on 21 January 2006.[6]
After 21 months, on September 13, 2006 he was released from prison and started blogging again. He also works with an Iranian human-rights group, Human Rights Activists in Iran, which gathers information about how Iranians are repressed.[7]
In 2009 he signed an open letter of apology posted to Iranian.com along with 266 other Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists about the Iranian persecution of Baháʼís.[8]
Works
[edit ]- Fiction
- 2004 Ambiguous People (Persian: آدم های مبهم), a short surreal story in Persian.[citation needed ]
Awards and honors
[edit ]- 2004 – Best blogs defending freedom of expression (Reporters Without Borders)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Mojtaba sentenced to 2 years imprisonment". Free Mojtaba Saminejad blog. 2005年06月05日. Retrieved 2009年07月17日.
- ^ "Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad freed". Reporters Without Borders. 2005年01月31日. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009年07月17日.
- ^ a b "Jailed blogger taken to sit university exams in handcuffs". Reporters Without Borders. 2006年01月24日. Retrieved 2009年07月17日. [dead link ]
- ^ Lara Sukhtian [in Arabic] (2006年03月29日). "Iran Hard-Line Regime Cracks Down on Blogs". Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan – International Relations. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2011年07月21日. Retrieved 2009年07月17日.
- ^ Clark Boyd (2005年02月21日). "The price paid for blogging Iran". BBC News. Retrieved 2009年07月17日.
- ^ "Jailed blogger taken to sit university exams in handcuffs". IFEX. 2006年01月26日. Retrieved 2009年07月17日.
- ^ Robert Mackey and Azadeh Ensha (2009年07月17日). "Latest Updates on Post-Election Protests in Iran". New York Times. Retrieved 2009年07月17日.
- ^ "We are ashamed!". Iranian.com. 2009年02月04日.
External links
[edit ]- Mojtaba Saminejad's current blog (in Persian)
- Saminejad's former blog