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Kianush Sanjari



Kianoosh Sanjari (Persian: کیانوش سنجری‎‎) is an Iranian former blogger who was arrested in Tehran on 8 October 2006 together with the cleric Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, and Kayvan Ansari while reporting on clashes between the Basij forces and supporters of the secularist cleric.

Kianush Sanjari IHRDC Interview with Kianoosh Sanjari Part 15

Amnesty international emphasized the case of Sanjari in its campaign for freedom of expression irrepressible.info, as Sanjari's charges stopped him from commenting and reporting the clashes on his blog, in a country where state media is heavily censored.

Kianush Sanjari Kianoosh Sanjari 16 and 17 Azar Student Protests YouTube

White torture

Kianush Sanjari Interview With Kianush Sanjari YouTube

After being arrested and taken to solitary confinement in Evin prison, he allegedly experienced white torture and commented that:

Kianush Sanjari Kianoosh Sanjari Flickr

"I feel that solitary confinement - which wages war on the soul and mind of a person - can be the most inhuman form of white torture for people like me, who are arrested solely for [defending] citizens' rights. I only hope the day comes when no one is put in solitary confinement [to punish them] for the peaceful expression of his ideas."


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Kianush Sanjari Wikipedia