23.01.2014- Newspaper owners held arbitrarily since 2011 Mehdi Karoubi, a 77-year-old newspaper owner who has been under house arrest since February 2011, was taken to an unknown place of detention of 17 January after undergoing two back operations – a laminectomy and discectomy – at Tehran’s Arad Hospital. A dissident theologian, former parliamentary speaker […]
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Reporters Without Borders: Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st Jan 2013)
20.12.2013 – Six more arrests in continuing crackdown Reporters Without Borders has been told that Alireza Darvish, a journalist working for the weekly Amrdad, was arrested at his Tehran home on 9 December by plainclothes policemen, who carried out a search. It is not yet known why he was arrested or where he is […]
Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012)
5.12.2012- Kurdish journalist freed after six years, Canadian resident’s death sentence suspended Reporters Without Borders has learned that Abdolvahed “Hiva” Botimar, a Kurdish journalist who wrote for the weekly Asou and was an active member of the environmental NGO Sabzchia, was released on 22 November on completing a six-year jail sentence.
Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012)
19.11.2012 Two arrests and one release Reporters Without Borders has learned that Alireza Roshan, a journalist who wrote book reviews for the newspaper Shargh, was arrested on 17 November after being summoned to the prosecutor’s office that is attached to Tehran’s Evin prison.
Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012)
11.09.2012 – Two bloggers freed Mohammad Reza Ali Pyam, a blogger and satirical poet openly critical of the government, was released on bail of 100 million toman (100,000 euros) on 9 September pending trial. The editor of the blog Halloo, Pyam was arrested at his home by men in plain-clothes on 14 August.
Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2012)
03.04.2012-Wave of arrests and convictions of journalists undiminished in Iran Reporters Without Borders learned on 30 June of the arrest on of Mohammad Solimaninya, head of the social networking site u24, after he was summoned to Tehran’s Evin prison. The netizen had been previously arrested on 10 January this year then released on […]