Index on Censorship » Nazanin Khosravani http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Nazanin Khosravani http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Iranian journalist given six-year jail term http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/iranian-journalist-given-six-year-jail-term/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/iranian-journalist-given-six-year-jail-term/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:42:32 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22393 Iranian journalist Nazanin Khosravani was sentenced to six years in jail on 19 April after being convicted of impinging on national security and conducting propaganda against the regime. She was arrested in November 2009 and had her computer and personal belongings confiscated. She was later released on a $600,000 bail last March. Activists argue that [...]

The post Iranian journalist given six-year jail term appeared first on Index on Censorship.

]]> Iranian journalist Nazanin Khosravani was sentenced to six years in jail on 19 April after being convicted of impinging on national security and conducting propaganda against the regime. She was arrested in November 2009 and had her computer and personal belongings confiscated. She was later released on a $600,000 bail last March. Activists argue that her sentence is part of a general crackdown against journalists who were highly critical of the government in the 2009 presidential elections.

The post Iranian journalist given six-year jail term appeared first on Index on Censorship.

]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/iranian-journalist-given-six-year-jail-term/feed/ 0 Iran: Journalist held in solitary confinement http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/11/iran-journalist-held-in-solitary-confinement/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/11/iran-journalist-held-in-solitary-confinement/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:12:55 +0000 Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=17499 The mother of journalist Nazanin Khosravani, who was arrested last week, says her daughter is being held in solitary confinement at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Azam Afsharian told Radio Free Europe that in a short phone call Khosravani had said she was being kept in Ward 209, which is run by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. [...]

The post Iran: Journalist held in solitary confinement appeared first on Index on Censorship.

]]> being held in solitary confinement at Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. Azam Afsharian told Radio Free Europe that in a short phone call Khosravani had said she was being kept in Ward 209, which is run by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. Prior to the phone call, Evin officials had denied her daughter was even a prisoner there. Khosravani, who is currently unemployed but previously worked for reformist newspapers, was arrested on November 3.

The post Iran: Journalist held in solitary confinement appeared first on Index on Censorship.

]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2010/11/iran-journalist-held-in-solitary-confinement/feed/ 0