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Reporters
Without Borders today called on bloggers throughout the world to post
messages in support of Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad, who has been
in prison since 12 February and who began a hunger-strike on 14 May.
"The life of this young blogger is in
danger as he is being held in a prison where several detainees have
died or have been injured in violence between inmates," the press
freedom organization said. "You must talk about him on the Web and
in the media in order to put pressure on the Iranian authorities," the
organization said, adding, "all bloggers must feel concerned about his
fate and that of his two colleagues who are also imprisoned." According to his family, Mojtaba
initially tried to file a complaint about mistreatment but his
interrogators replied they were going to put him in a detention centre
where he would "regret having complained." He is currently held in
Gohar Dashat prison (in a Tehran suburb), which has a reputation for
mistreatment of detainees. He shares his cell with non-political
prisoners. Mojtaba's father, Sfar Saminejad, told
the student news agency ISNA, "I wrote several letters to the
authorities to complain about the unacceptable conditions in which my
son is being detained, but no one replied." Mojtaba's hands and feet were in chains when he appeared in court on 11 May. A few days ago, Iranian bloggers
launched a petition calling on the head of the judicial system,
Ayatollah Sharoudi, to grant Mojtaba a pardon and unconditional release
(http://alpr.30morgh.org/guest/archives/002216.php). An earlier
petition was initiated shortly after his arrest
(http://www.petitiononline.com/mojsn/petition.html). Two other bloggers and
cyber-journalists have been detained since February. They are Mohamad
Reza Nasab Abdolahi and Mojtaba Lotfi.