Kianush Sanjari
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Kianoosh Sanjari [1] (Persian: کیانوش سنجری) is an Iranian student and devoted blogger [2][3] well known for his cyber political activism [4] who was arrested in Tehran on 8 October 2006 together with the cleric Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, and Kayvan Ansari [5] while reporting on clashes between the Basij forces and supporters of the secularist cleric. [2]
Amnesty international has emphasized the case of Sanjari in its campaign for freedom of expression irrepressible.info, as Sanjari's charges stopped him from commenting and reporting the clashes on his blog, in a country where state media is heavily censored. [6]
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[edit] White torture
After being arrested and taken to solitary confinement in Evin prison, he has allegedly experienced white torture and commented that:
"I feel that solitary confinement - which wages war on the soul and mind of a person - can be the most inhuman form of white torture for people like me, who are arrested solely for [defending] citizens' rights. I only hope the day comes when no one is put in solitary confinement [to punish them] for the peaceful expression of his ideas." [7]
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- ^ Also spelled Kianoush Kiyanoosh or Kianush Sanjari
- ^ a b Iran: Student activist and blogger Kianoosh Sanjari released on bail, Amnesty, 16 Jan 2007.
- ^ Golnaz Esfandiari, Iran: Released Student Activist Thinks Blog Riled 'Sensitivities', Radio Free Europe, January 11, 2007.
- ^ Censura.net para 146 millones, 20minutos.es, December 02, 2006.
- ^ RFE/RL Iran Report Volume 9, Number 40, GlobalSecurity.org, October 30, 2006.
- ^ Alejandra Vargas, Campaign pleads for the free expression in Internet, Nacion daily, 30 October 2006
- ^ Golnaz Esfandiar, Iranian activist believes blog caused detention, International Relations and Security Network (ISN), January 12, 2007
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