Jailed Bloggers Around the World

Omidreza Mirsayafi, just 29 years old, was taking sedative tablets to treat his depression. Depression can be understandable when you live in one of the world’s most famous prisons for political prisoners, located in the northwestern section of Tehran, Iran. After all, how great can a place be when it’s illegal simply to take a photograph around it?

But according to Mirysafi’s sister, Omidreza Mirsayafi didn’t have enough tablets to kill himself, which is exactly what Iranian authorities told his family that he had committed suicide. Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t - the family isn’t sure he did - but his death might have been avoided by proper medical treatment. It was a death suitable for someone who had committed war crimes, who had perhaps raped, murdered, or tortured other human beings.

So what was Mirysafi’s crime?

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