Atena Farghadani, a 28-year-old artist on trial in Iran over a cartoon that depicts members of parliament as animals, has been sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison. Atena Farghadani, a 28-year ...

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(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders is protesting against two-month jail sentences imposed on 30 May 2006 by a Jordanian court on two journalists, Jihad Momani and Hisham Al-Khalidi, for reprinting ...