Iran: Jailed blogger’s wife and daughter reportedly kidnapped

15 Feb 2012


Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali’s wife and daughter have  allegedly been kidnapped by security forces and moved to an unknown location, it was reported yesterday. Khazali, a staunch critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran’s state policies, was sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison and 10 years in exile on 7 February for “insulting the supreme leader”. The blogger has been on hunger strike for 38 days.

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