The Blogfather’s Birthday
Today is Hossein Derakhshan’s 35th birthday. Today also marks one year, two months, and six days since his imprisonment. He has been illegally detained since November 2008. During his confinement he has been tortured, both physically, and psychologically. He has never been charged, or brought before a court.
Today, on his birthday, let’s honor him publicly. Tweet. Blog. Speak out. Call your elected representatives.
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Hossein Derakhshan, aka Hoder, is one of Iran’s most prominent bloggers. In November, it was reported that Hoder had been arrested in Iran, allegedly on charges of spying for the Israeli government. That news has since been confirmed by a number of sources.
Hossein took a highly publicized trip to Israel a few years back which he blogged about, garnering much attention from Israeli media. It is suspected that this trip could be the reason for his detention.
After living in London and Toronto, Derakhshan returned to Iran this fall. Shortly after his return, he stopped updating his blog and Facebook page. His arrest was first reported by Jahan News [Farsi], but was later confirmed by a family member.
There are a number of groups, including DigiActive, and Internet Sans Frontieres [French], advocating for Hoder. We hope to aggregate that information for you here. If you are interested in contributing to the site, please contact us at freehoder@gmail.com.
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Happy Birthday Hossein, we are working on getting you out my friend. #Iranelection #Iran #Tehran #SOG #hrw #Amnesty
tavalot e mobarak, hossein, we miss your words so much, we hope you are as okay as possible and that you will be back soon. thinking of you each day!!!!!!!!!
Hi, even though I don’t know you: for your birthday I wish you freedom, wealthy and lots of friends, that make you know: You are not alone …!
We have not forgotten you and are working EVERY day to free you and all the others unjustly imprisoned. Peace.
Here’s hoping you and all other political prisoners/those unjustly imprisoned in Iran will be liberated very soon.
last year
what a day , broken-toothbrush, cleft-feet and always-hungry
january 7
i miss u
don’t climbing windows
i wish amhasan take care of you