 On December 28, 2009, Emadeddin Baghi was re-arrested along with hundreds of people suspected of being pro-reform, in a crack-down following widespread protests in Tehran and other cities marking the Shi'a religious observance of Ashoura. Emadeddin suffers from severe health problems.
Emadeddin Baghi, a journalist, writer and human rights campaigner was arrested in Tehran on October 14, 2007. A member of the Iranian Sociology Association, Mr. Baghi has written many books on religious, historical and sociological issues, and he worked as a university teacher for eight years before being dismissed under pressure from the military. He has since been prevented from teaching and has served a previous prison sentence in 2000-2003 as a result of his journalism. For his work on human rights he is a recipient of the Northcote Parkinson Fund's Civil Courage Award (2004) and the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights Award (2005), and it was in relation to his role in the Association in Defense of Freedom of Press and the Association for Defending the Rights of Prisoners in Iran that he was called to the public prosecutors office and arrested in October 2007. He was released on health grounds, after suffering from two heart attacks, in January 2008. For more information see his website:
http://freedomforbaghi2.blogspot.com/
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