News from the New Scientist reports Iranian brothers Kamiar and Arash Alaei, pioneers of treatment for HIV in Iran, have been charged with “communications with an enemy government” to “launch a velvet (sic) overthrow of the Iranian government”. They have been held in detention since June 2008 when they were taken to an undisclosed location pending (at the time) unknown charges.

Read more about them:

I Save Lives;
Facebook Group – Kamiar and Arash Alaei Information Group;
Tackling Iran’s Heroin Habit;
Free the Docs;
Wikipedia.

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