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Iran – Human Rights Council urged to condemn Iran, reappoint special rapporteur
Reporters Without Borders urges the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Special Representative on the situation of human rights in Iran when it takes a vote on Iran this week. “The UN Human Rights Council must apply sanctions against Iran for the sake of the physical safety of its journalists and freedom of information,” Reporters Without Borders said. “By renewing the Special Representative’s mandate, the Council will help defend journalists who are censored, (…)
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Iran – Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2013)
11.03.2013 – Paper closed, journalist arrested, another freed on bail Reporters Without Borders condemns the closure of the daily Maghreb today, one day after it published an open letter to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, protesting against “illegal and arbitrary newspaper censors.” The closure was ordered by the Press Authorization and Surveillance Commission, an offshoot of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It came five days after Maghreb managing editor, (…)
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Iran – Threats against media workers and families show regime’s true face
Reporters Without Borders once again expresses its grave concern at the arbitrary arrests of journalists and netizens and the threats made against the families of foreigners and Iranians working for media organizations in Iran. In the past three years, the press freedom organization has recorded a dozen arrests and instances of threats against the families of journalists working for foreign-based organizations and international news agencies. In the past two months, several journalists (…)
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Iran – Correspondent for Iranian media gets presidential pardon
The journalist Anar Bayramli was one of a total 87 detainees who were released under a presidential pardon issued on 26 December to mark the New Year. The correspondent of several Iranian media critical of the Azerbaijani government, he was arrested in February 2012 on a trumped-up drug charge and had been due for release next February. 02.08.2012 – Court reduces sentence of correspondent for Iranian media The Baku Appeal Court today reduced a two-year prison sentence imposed on Anar (…)
Iran – UN Human Rights Council urged to renew mandate of rapporteur on Iran
Reporters Without Borders is one of the signatories of a letter by human rights organizations urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The council is due to vote on the renewal of his mandate this week. March 16, 2012 Re: Joint Letter Urging Support for the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran To the member states of the (…)
Iran – Regime continues to crack down on journalists, media freedom defenders
Reporters Without Borders condemns the Islamic Republic’s continuing serious violations of the rights of journalists and those who defend freedom of information. Human rights activists have been given long jail sentences in the past few days, journalists are still being arrested, and the health of two imprisoned journalists is currently the source of grave concern. Jailed human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani was notified yesterday that a Tehran revolutionary court has sentenced him to 18 (…)
