TEHRAN, Oct. 15 — A prominent human rights advocate was jailed here on Sunday after an appearance before the Revolutionary Court, which handles political crimes, Iranian news media reported Monday.
The dissident, Emadeddin Baghi, was imprisoned on a previously suspended one-year term on charges of acting against state security. Previously, Mr. Baghi, a journalist who has written for reformist newspapers here, spent three years in jail for pro-democracy articles.
After his release in 2003, Mr. Baghi founded a group called the Organization for the Defense of Prisoners’ Rights and campaigned against capital punishment, which is widely applied in Iran. The daily newspaper Etemad reported Monday that Mr. Baghi had come under increasing pressure recently to end his activities
link: the newyork times
Monday, October 15, 2007
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