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    October 18, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, out of Iranian prison, join Occupy Movement

    Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, Josh Fattal: Free, and protesting.​Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal spent more than two years locked up in Iran, a country with some of the most restrictive free speech rights in the world. Now that they're back in the United States, Bauer and Fattal are flexing their First A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, freed from Iran, call for release of all political prisoners

    Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal: Back home, and speaking out.​Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal have returned to the United States, and begun describing their two-plus-year ordeal in Iran as accused, convicted, and imprisoned "spies." The two Americans had to go on hunger strikes just to receive letters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal freed by Iran

    Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal are finally free.​Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are coming home, and not a moment too soon.Two years after they were first detained in Iran on fraudulent spying charges, and two months into an eight-year prison sentence, Bauer, a Minnesota native and international ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal's release delayed for Iranian judge's vacation

    Shane Bauer would be a free man, but someone has to finish his vacation first.​The plight of Shane Bauer, a Minnesota native and freelance foreign correspondent, and his friend Josh Fattal, has captivated and outraged Americans. Apparently, the Iranian authorities responsible for jailing, and perh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he'll release Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, magnanimous bastard, says he'll release the two Americans.​Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the slithering president of Iran, has made a promise to America -- and one of its most devoted mothers.Ahmaedinejad told the Washington Post he'll release Minnesota native Shane Bauer and Josh Fatt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Cindy Hickey, Shane Bauer's mom, goes on hunger strike

    Cindy Hickey, right, and Shourd were allowed to visit their sons this time last year.​Fed up to the point of desperation over Iran's interminable detention of their two sons, Cindy Hickey of Pine City and Laura Fattal of California have announced that they are going on a hunger strike to try a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal face Iran trial this week

    Shane Bauer is from Onamia. His mother lives in Pine City.​It's been a long journey for Shane Bauer from Onamia to Tehran, but that's where he stands trial Wednesday on spy charges. One of three Americans arrested two years ago while hiking in the mountains of Kurdistan on the Iranian border, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal deny spying in Iranian court and moms see hope

    Screen grab via CNNBauer in Iranian court.​Minnesota native and freelance journalist Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal have finally been allowed to deny spying accusations in an Iranian court. Their mothers are now praying that "truth and justice will prevail" so that the men can soon co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Sarah Shourd describes Shane Bauer's marriage proposal

    Sarah Shourd wants Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal released from an Iranian prison.​Shane Bauer is still stuck in a miserable Iranian prison with his friend Josh Fattal, held on spy charges ahead of a February trial. But if the Minnesota native and freelance journalist ever gets out, he intends t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Shane Bauer placed Thanksgiving call to mom in Pine City

    Shane Bauer, above, and Josh Fattal are due to stand trial as spies in February.​Minnesota native and freelance journalist Shane Bauer, along with friend Josh Fattal, have now been held captive in Iran longer than the American embassy hostages. Iran has accused the two of being spies after d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Sarah Shourd says hikers report on WikiLeaks is wrong

    Minnesotan Shane Bauer​Americans Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd were arrested in July 2009 after a border guard motioned the three off a hiking trail and onto Iranian soil. They were not in Iraq when they were arrested, Shourd told the New York Times. A military report released las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Sarah Palin plays political football with Iran hostages in inscrutable Twitter rant

    Shane Bauer can't count on Mama Grizzly.​We can probably all agree that a public Twitter account isn't the best place to shoot for nuance in U.S. diplomatic relations. But that didn't stop U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. We also can't be too surprised that Sarah Palin would pick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2010

    Shane Bauer's Iran detention on WikiLeaks

    Shane Bauer goes on trial in November.​Amid the massive dump of secret Iraq war documents at WikiLeaks: Support for an earlier report that Minnesota native Shane Bauer and two other American friends were hiking on Iraqi territory when they were seized by Iranian border guards in July 2009. Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Shane Bauer will remain in Iranian prison [UPDATED]

    Shane Bauer has been imprisoned since last July.​Minnesota native Shane Bauer will not not be the American hiker released by Iranian authorities on Saturday. Instead, his girlfriend Sarah Shourd will be the one of the three set free. The Iranian Culture Ministry says the release is timed to c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Cindy Hickey leaves Iran without imprisoned son Shane Bauer

    Iranian authorities allowed three imprisoned Americans to visit with their mothers, but turned a deaf ear to pleas for their release​The mothers of three Americans imprisoned in Iran are heading home today empty-handed, their pleas for the release of their children failing to move authorities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Shane Bauer embraces mom after 10 months in an Iranian prison

    Screengrab via BBCThe imprisoned hikers are reunited with their mothers​Ten months after her son, Shane Bauer, and two other American hiking friends were tossed in an Iranian prison for illegally crossing the border with Iraq, Cindy Hickey threw her arms around him in an emotional downtown Teh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Cindy Hickey, in Muslim garb, arrives in Iran seeking Shane Bauer's release (Video)

    Cindy Hickey speaks with reporters​Cindy Hickey, of Pine City, and two other mothers are one step closer to seeing their kids, imprisoned for the last 10 months in an Iranian prison. She, Nora Shourd and Laura Fattal have arrived in Iran. They were granted visas and permission to visit the th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Shane Bauer's mom, Cindy Hickey, heads to Iran (Video)

    Photo: shanebauer.netShane Bauer​Pine City's Cindy Hickey, the mother of imprisoned freelance journalist Shane Bauer, will join the mothers of two other detainees on a flight to Iran either today or tomorrow to try and win their release. The three were issued visas last week. "We're positivel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Shane Bauer's mom scores Iran visa

    Via ShaneBauer.netImprisoned in Iran, Shane Bauer may soon get a visit from his Minnesota mom​Pine City's Cindy Hickey is one step closer to visiting her son Shane Bauer in an Iranian prison, after the government there issued visas to her and the mothers of the two other hikers being held as s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Shane Bauer's illness draws new White House attention

    ​There was a flurry of press coverage and official U.S. government statements following Friday's news that Swiss diplomats were able to visit Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in their Iranian prison cells recently. The latest concern: Bauer has a stomach ailment and Shourd has a serio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Shane Bauer ill in Iranian prison

    Shane Bauer​AP and CNN are reporting this morning that Swiss diplomats were able to visit Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal in their Iranian prison cells recently, and that Bauer has a stomach ailment and Shourd has a serious gynecological condition and is battling depression. Bauer, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Shane Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey, may soon visit him in Iran

    Cindy Hickey and the two other hikers' moms had written to Iran's president seeking a visit.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Hiker's mother pleads for group's release from Iranian detention

    "They meant no harm to the Islamic Republic of Iran and respect your ancient and noble civilization," Nora Shourd says.

  • News

    December 16, 2009

    Eco-activist Mark Knapp sought by authorities for identity theft

    The former Green Party candidate is caught up in a gold scheme

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Minnesotan Shane Bauer among three set for trial in Iran

    The Pine City native and two friends have been held in an Iran prison since July, accused of spying.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Minn. native, two others, accused of espionage in Iran

    Three Americans, including a Minnesota native, have been detained in Iran because they are accused of espionage, according to an Iranian prosecutor.

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