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Repost from CPB: The death of Omid Misayafi

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The Iranian blogger who died in Evin prison last month. RIP Omid. Copied from the Committee to Protect Bloggers:

Omid Reza Misayafi Has Died in Prison

By Curt on Mar 18, 2009 in Killed bloggers, Omid Reza Misayafi, Iran, Imprisoned bloggers

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Our friend Hamid Tehrani has told us that Omid Reza Misayafi has died in prison in Iran. Omid was sentenced in December to two and a half years in prison for “insulting” Iranian religious leaders.

“(T)he reason for his death,” says Hamid, “has not been announced but he was in very bad psychological condition.”

Considering torture and other types of mistreatment are par for the course for free speech prisoners in Iranian prisons, Omid’s death may well have been a direct result of Iranian government actions. Considering the government usually places bloggers in prison with the most dangerous criminals, his death may only have been an indirect result. Either way, the men of the government of Iran and its prisons have a lot to answer for.

In the meantime, for what it’s worth, our heartfelt condolences go out to Omid’s family. They’ve killed one of us.

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James Buck is an American photojournalist and multimedia producer who has reported on and photographed the Egyptian blogosphere and social movements. He can be reached at jameskbuck@gmail.com.

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