Al Marg Misdemeanour Court has postponed the verdict of Alber Saber to November 28th. During Monday's court session, the prosecution called on the judge to give Saber the strictest penalty allowed under Article 98 of the Penal Code which is five years imprisonment. Among his charges, he is accused of “contempt of the Islamic and Christian religions, and insulting the divine being.” Alber’s...

It is deeply shocking to learn of the death of the Iranian netizen Sattar Beheshti, two days ago, six days after he was arrested and taken into custody in Tehran. His family learned of the tragic news in a message to his mother asking her to collect the body the next day. Beheshti was believed to have died under torture while he was being interrogated.   Beheshti, a 35-year-old worker and...

Eight Iranian female political prisoners halted their hunger strike after a week protesting sudden violent searches by prison guards. The prisoners started the strike after female guards at Evin prison in northern Tehran carried out unannounced inspections that included body searches, beatings and verbal insults. Cyber activists have been reacting to this news by creating slideshows...

When the dignity of a citizen collapses while he lives in his own country, then the whole of humanity collapses. For me, it collapsed twice. The First Time Wednesday, January 15, 2012: A patrol of state security personnel broke the main gate of my building and stormed into my family’s apartment. They threatened my family while they were sleeping in their beds, and began to search the...

The following excerpt of the article "Twitter Gives Saudi Arabia a Revolution of Its Own" was originally published by the New York Times on October, 20, 2012. Click here to view the original article. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - " Saudi Arabia did not have an Arab Spring. But it has had a revolution of sorts. Open criticism of this country’s royal family, once unheard-of, has become...