Re: Canadian blogger gets bail in Iran

An Iranian rights group says a Canadian-Iranian blogger has been temporarily freed from prison on bail of about $1.5 million. Hossein Derakhshan is serving a sentence of more than 19 years as part of Iran's widespread crackdown on the media and web. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday that Derakhshan is expected back in prison in a few days. It's unclear who posted the bail. Derakhshan founded the first Farsi-language blog a decade ago and is often called the father of Iran's internet activism. In 2006, Derakhshan angered Iranian authorities by visiting Israel in what he called a peace mission.

The fact that he's in jail because of his blog is kind of ridiculous. I don't know much about whats illegal in Iran, but arresting someone for trying to promote peace and awareness is dumb. He shouldn't have to suffer for trying to make the world a better place, and whoever posted his bail definitely agrees with me.