Widgetized Section
Go to Admin » Appearance » Widgets » and move Gabfire Widget: Social into that MastheadOverlay zone
Iran: Human rights activists given long jail sentences
By Intern / 2 February 2011
The Iranian judiciary has sentenced Kaveh Kermanshahi, a member of the Kurdish Human Rights Organisation to five years in prison for “actions against national security” and propaganda against the regime. Blogger Navid Khanjani convicted on the same charges as well as membership of illegal human rights organisations. He was given a 12 year prison sentence.
Index on Censorship magazine
Current issue: Staging Shakespearean Dissent
Shakespeare and his role in protest and dissent is the theme of next issue’s Index on Censorship magazine Staging Shakespearean Dissent; Plays That Protest, Provoke and Slip by the Censors. With articles from Simon Callow, Tom Holland, interviews with Janet Suzman and Bollywood’s Aparna Sen. Also Trumbo writer John McNamara on what Hollywood won’t screen.
More: Winter 2015/16 | Subscribe | Apps: iPhone | Android | Kindle
Index on Censorship: Who we are
Index on Censorship defends people’s freedom to express themselves without fear of harm or persecution.
Learn more about us.
Find us on: Twitter | Facebook | Google +
  |  |