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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4 responses to “Iran: Jailed blogger’s wife and daughter reportedly kidnapped”

1. Netizen Report: Combat Edition – The Netizen Project says:

   1 June at 22:19

   […] even extended to the activists’ families: the jailed blogger Mehdi Khazali’s wife and daughterwere reported to be kidnapped by security forces. The Iranian-Canadian programmer, Saeed Malekpour, whose web program was misused by others to […]

2. Global Voices | 网民报导：抗争专刊 - 中国数字时代 says:

   8 March at 06:26

   […] Khazali）的妻子和女儿被国家安全部门绑架。伊朗-加拿大程序员萨义德·马拉可伯（Saeed […]

3. Netizen Report: Combat Edition - Global Voices Advocacy says:

   23 February at 01:30

   […] even extended to the activists’ families: the jailed blogger Mehdi Khazali’s wife and daughter were reported to be kidnapped by security forces. The Iranian-Canadian programmer, Saeed Malekpour, whose web program was misused by others to […]

4. Iran: Jailed blogger’s wife and daughter reportedly kidnapped-Index on Censorship « FACT – Freedom Against Censorship Thailand says:

   18 February at 07:59

   […] http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/02/iran-mehdi-khazali-wife-daughter-kidnap/ […]