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DonateThe 2009 vote seemed open for the press. Then came the brutal crackdown. By D. Parvaz
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Committee to Protect Journalists
Roxana Saberi
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New York, February 10, 2011--As Iran marks the 32nd
anniversary of the country's revolution on February 11, the Committee to
Protect Journalists and more than 1,000 press freedom supporters delivered a
clear message to Iranian Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei today: Free your
country's imprisoned journalists.
Continue reading More than 1,000 supporters urge Iran to end crackdown »
On the one-year anniversary of
Continue reading We must speak out for the imprisoned in Iran »
By Joel Simon
Does “name and shame” still work in the Internet age? After all, the massacre of 31 journalists and media workers in the Philippines pushed the 2009 media death toll to the highest level ever recorded by CPJ. The number of journalists in prison also rose, fueled by the fierce crackdown in Iran.
Does “name and shame” still work in the Internet age? After all, the massacre of 31 journalists and media workers in the Philippines pushed the 2009 media death toll to the highest level ever recorded by CPJ. The number of journalists in prison also rose, fueled by the fierce crackdown in Iran.
Continue reading Attacks on the Press 2009: Introduction »
• Dozens of journalists are detained in massive post-election crackdown.
• Numerous critical newspapers, Web sites censored or shut down.
23: Journalists imprisoned as of December 1, 2009.
Amid the greatest national political upheaval since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran launched a full-scale assault on the media and the opposition. In mid-June, mass protests erupted in response to official election results showing incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning by a large margin against his main opposition challenger, reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The government responded with a wide-ranging and cruel campaign to suppress dissent. As protests against perceived electoral fraud spiraled into mass demonstrations, Iranian authorities threw dozens of journalists behind bars (where many were reportedly tortured), shuttered and censored news outlets, and barred foreign journalists from reporting. During the protests and crackdown, blogs and social media sites became front-line news sources. The crackdown increased the level of repression in a regime already hostile toward the press, and followed the months-long imprisonment of an Iranian-American freelance journalist, Roxana Saberi.
Continue reading Attacks on the Press 2009: Iran »
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New York, December 29, 2009—The Iranian government, struggling to silence the many critical voices in the country, has arrested at least 11 journalists since Sunday, including former International Press Freedom Award recipient Mashallah Shamsolvaezin and the prominent writer Emadeddin Baghi. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the arrests and called for the release of all detained journalists, who now number more than 30.
Continue reading Top Iranian journalists jailed in wake of Ashura protests »
Continue reading Video Report: Behind Bars But Not Alone »
Yesterday, CPJ received the Thomas J. Dodd Prize
for International Justice and Human Rights at an outdoor ceremony at the
Continue reading It's an honor »
It is a sad irony: While the world celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Russia itself is relapsing to some of its Soviet ways. In fact, for journalists, Russia is a more dangerous place now than it was during the Cold War.
Continue reading Anatomy of Injustice: Preface by Kati Marton »
