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– Iranian editor held months without access to lawyer (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 9, 2017

Iranian security forces raided the home of Tahereh Riahi, social affairs editor at Iran's government-funded Borna News Agency, and detained her on December 27, 2016.
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