Hossein Derakhshan, the Canadian-Iranian blogger arrested in 2008, is now facing the death penalty in Iran.

2008年在伊朗被捕的加拿大籍伊朗博客写手侯赛因德拉克斯汗正在遭遇死亡威胁。

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A MONTH ago a court in Iran sentenced Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian-Canadian, to almost 20 years in jail, the longest sentence ever handed down to a blogger.

一个月以前，伊朗一家法庭判处伊朗裔加拿大人Hossein Derakhshan差不多20年监禁，这可能是对于一个博主判的最长的刑了。

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He has been joined by Iranian Hossein Derakhshan who passed information about Mr Motallebi to high profile bloggers in the US such as Dan Gillmor of the San Jose Mercury News.

BBC: Bloggers unite to fight

The fight for Saberi's freedom took an unusual twist last month, when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to Tehran's prosecutor calling for justice in her case and the case of Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian-Canadian blogger imprisoned in the country since November.

CNN: Journalist's release prompts praise from Washington