This year Reporter's Without Borders awarded Iranian blogger and women's rights activist Jila Bani Yaghoob with a freedom of expression award. Her blog, We Are Reporters can be read in both Persian and in English. Bani Yaghood and her husband were arrested in June after the fraudulent election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Reporters Without Borders writes of Bani Yaghood: "Her Persian-language blog deals with the news in Iran, social issues and the subject of women. Jila is in the forefront of the struggle for freedom of expression in her country. She and her family have already paid a high price for her commitment. Reporters Without Borders is proud to award her this prize and through her pay tribute to all Iranian bloggers and journalists who have been arrested, imprisoned for driven into exile these past months" (Source). You can read a full transcript of their announcement here.
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