Dr. Hanan says she was subjected to harsh treatment and verbal assault, and that she was in solitary confinement and given poor food.
Other parts of the world are equally guilty. For example:
The Azerbaijani government has jailed two bloggers who have been detained since July 2009 as the result of a staged fight designed to frame them, according to Human Rights Watch.
"Today's ruling is yet another setback for freedom of expression in Azerbaijan," said Giorgi Gogia, South Caucasus researcher for Human Rights Watch. "The case is blatantly part of a pattern of prosecutions in which the authorities have brought trumped-up charges against outspoken journalists and activists in Azerbaijan."
In Cuba, recent releases of political prisoners notwithstanding, the authorities are using brute force to try to silence Yoani SÃ ¡nchez's only weapon: her ideas.
On November 6, Sà ¡nchez, Cuba's most prominent blogger, together with blogger Orlando Luà s Pardo Lazo, were abducted by three men.
SÃ ¡nchez and Pardo were forced into an unmarked vehicle, beaten, and threatened by their captors before being released onto the street.
In Malaysia in 2008, a Malaysian blogger was arrested. The reason, as the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Ismail Omar, put it: "This arrest was made after our investigations showed that he (Raja Petra) did certain things which could cause unrest among the citizens of various races in this country."
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