News Update: Gooya newsonline reported from ISNA :

Ms.Elham Afrotan is sentenced to five years depriviation from working as a journalist and social rights !

Her Lawyer Mr. Abdolsamad Khoramshahi said : " My client is acquited from some of her charges and only in one charge she is sentenced to suspending detention and fine payment " .The sentencing was issued by division number 26 of revolution's court. The lawyer said that he is going to protest to the sentencing.

She has been charged with : Insulting the founder of the Islamic Republic, insulting the Islamic Republic officials and propaganda against the Islamic Republic.

Background:
Ms. Elham Afrotan is a journalist and was working for " Tamadon Hormozgan " publication. All these happened when she cut and pasted an article with the title " Openly discussing on AIDS " in " Tamadon Hormozgan " publication and then published it .She compared Islam with AIDS.

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Link to this news in Farsi :
http://news.gooya.eu/politics/archives/050150.php