Media freedom has been crushed and, aside from websites that support the Supreme Leader, Internet access has been blocked, including sites belonging to senior government officials. And to top it all, the authorities are now trying to discourage foreign journalists from coming to Iran. Continue reading “Iran’s Censored Election and Foreign Reporters | REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS”
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In Iran, news coverage stifled amid election controversy | CPJ
New York, May 21, 2013–Internet access has slowed, critical websites have been blocked, and several journalists have been summoned back to prison in Iran as the country’s Guardian Council made a key decision today barring two leading candidates from the presidential election. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the broad efforts to deny Iranian citizens information in the run-up to the June vote.
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Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution
HRANA News Agency – Amnsety International is worried about the presidential elections of Iran in which the women can not take part as a candidate:
Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts several articles of the country’s Constitution as well as international law and should be removed, Amnesty International said. Continue reading “Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts Constitution”
CPJ’s Video: Iran’s journalists in chains
A video about the distressing situation of Iranian journalists which has been prepared by the International Committee to Protect Journalists:
Video: Iran’s journalists in chains
Amnsety International: Iranian hunger strikers in critical condition
HRANA News Agency – Amnesty International warns about the critical condition of two Dervishes who are on the hunger strike.
Document – Iran: Iranian hunger strikers in critical condition
UA: 88/13 Index: MDE 13/018/2013 Iran Date: 12 April 2013
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IRANIAN HUNGER STRIKERS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Two men imprisoned in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz, south-west Iran, are in critical condition after a prolonged hunger strike protesting the harsh treatment of dervishes, including lawyers, in Tehran’s Evin Prison. They have been beaten, have lost consciousness several times, and are being kept alive by intravenous drips in prison. Continue reading “Amnsety International: Iranian hunger strikers in critical condition”
Amnesty International: “TV confessions” and the death penalty in Iran
HRANA News Agency – Amnesty International has warned about TV confessions and death penalties in Iran.
“Suspects are forced to appear on national or local television to admit to alleged crimes – often before their court proceedings have even started. These “confessions” are then accepted as evidence in court, seriously undermining any prospect of a fair trial” says the Amnety International In a statement on April 11, 2013. Continue reading “Amnesty International: “TV confessions” and the death penalty in Iran”
AMNESTY URGENT ACTION: Iranian Ahwazi Arabs on hunger strike over death sentences
HRANA News Agency – Five prisoners have been refusing food since start of March in protest at sentences and ill-treatment, says Amnesty
Five members of Iran’s Ahwazi Arab minority sentenced to death following trials described by activists as grossly unfair are on hunger strike in protest at their conviction and ill-treatment in jail.
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UN Human Rights Council Overwhelmingly Votes to Renew Iran Mandate
HRANA News Agency – Human Rights Council rapporteur finds “widespread systemic and systematic violations of human rights” in Iran.
BERLIN – The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council voted on Friday to extend by one year the mandate of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. Continue reading “UN Human Rights Council Overwhelmingly Votes to Renew Iran Mandate”
Kerry calls for ‘immediate’ release of Iran detained Christian Saeed Abedini
HRANA News Agency – Secretary of State John Kerry, in a first-ever statement from his office on the case of imprisoned Iranian-American Saeed Abedini, called Friday for Abedini to be “immediately released” and said he is “disturbed” by reports that he’s suffered physical and psychological abuse at the Iranian prison where he’s being held.
The statement was released by Kerry late Friday afternoon, and it came after the attorneys representing Abedini’s family released a letter the Christian pastor sent to his wife describing how he was beaten and denied medical treatment because he was seen as “unclean” because of his faith.
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Amnesty- Iran must release journalists detained in newspaper office raids
HRANA News Agency– Amnesty International -Iran must release all journalists being held solely for carrying out their legitimate work, Amnesty International urged after at least 14 reporters were arrested in the past three days amid police raids on newspaper offices.
The journalists are reportedly accused of cooperating with “anti-revolutionary” Persian-language media organizations outside Iran.
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