New York, February
14, 2011--As protests spread
from Tunisia and Egypt to other countries in the region, journalists have been
targeted by security forces, in Yemen, Iran, and Algeria, the Committee to
Protect Journalists said today.
New York, December 14, 2010--In a continuation of its relentless attack on independent and opposition media, Iranian authorities have arrested three journalists from the daily Sharq, bringing the number of the newspaper's incarcerated staffers to seven in less than a week, according to news reports. In other developments, veteran journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, at left, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison, the BBC reported, and blogger Hossein Derakhshan was returned to jail after being temporarily released on bail, according to a blog entry posted by his family on Saturday.
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