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Hossein Derakhshan's Arrest: One Year Later
Friday, November 6, 2009It's been over a year now since the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan, popularly known as Hoder. Ever since he wrote the first Persian-language blogging guide in November 2001, he has helped pioneer the Iranian blogging community while living in his adopted home of Toronto. (Derakhshan is a dual citizen of Iran and Canada.)
However, beginning in 2006, Derakhshan's views started changing. He called for...
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