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RWB: New arrest of a Kurdish journalist in Iran

Reporters Without Borders Reports:
Reporters Without Borders today called for the release of a Kurdish contributor to national and foreign media, Massud Kurdpoor, who was arrested by intelligence ministry agents at his home in Bukan, Iranian Kurdistan on 7 August 2008.
The teacher had been broadcasting regularly on foreign radio stations Voice of America, Radio France International [...]

September 10th, 2008NoneRead More
Censorship, Free speech, Health, Iran, Journalists, Political Prisoners, Reporters Without Borders, Suppression, Torture

RSF: Kurdish journalist gets 11-year prison sentence, Tehran daily closed for criticising Ahmadinejad

From Reporters Without Borders:

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) firmly condemns the 11-year prison sentence imposed on Kurdish journalist Mohammad Sadegh Kabovand on 22 June for “activity against national security.” The organisation has also learned that the daily Tehran Emrooz was closed on 21 June, a few days after running several articles criticising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s economic [...]

June 24th, 2008NoneRead More
Censorship, Free speech, Iran, Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Suppression, Trials