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Sattar Beheshti

Sattar Beheshti, 35, — died in prison in Tehran, Iran, 2012-11-03.

Age: 35
City: Tehran
Date: 2012-11-03
Category: Died in prison

Blogger and labourer arrested by the Cyber Police (FATA) for critical Facebook posts. Died under torture in Evin days after his arrest; his family was pressured to bury him without an autopsy.

Primary source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/09/iran-blogger-dies-custody

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