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Iran has once again shocked the world by its decision to imprison and ban renowned film director Jafar Panahi for making films which project political, religious realities and gender divides existing in Iran. Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment and has been banned for 20 years from working on any projects and making movies. [...]

Spying, interrogation, and imprisonment are the norm when dealing with the Church of Scientology staffers who abandon the congregation. The organization also tries every tactic to bring back the deserters. According to the church’s ex-security chief Gary Morehead, ‘he read every piece of mail that staffers received, recording any information within, [...]

The infamous journalist Muntazer-al-Zaidi who demonstrated his protest against US occupation of Iraq by throwing his pair of shoes at George Bush has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment. The sentence comes for assaulting a foreign head of state during official visit. The 30 year old journalist had gained huge popularity by his act of defiance [...]