New York, March 29, 2012--Iranian authorities have imprisoned two additional journalists as part of their three-year-long crackdown on the press, according to news reports. In addition, the BBC reported that its Web services had been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack, which the broadcaster believed originated from the Iranian regime.
New York, August 5, 2010—A hunger
strike by Evin Prison inmates, including at least five journalists, underscores
inhumane conditions at the prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today as it called for the
release of all journalists unjustly jailed for their work.
New York, March 9, 2010—The number of journalists in jail rose in February as a relentless media crackdown continues in Iran. Authorities are now holding at least 52 journalists in prison, a third of all those in jail around the world, according to the latest monthly survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
New York, February 3, 2010—Iranian
authorities are now holding at least 47 journalists in prison, more than any
single country has imprisoned since 1996, according to a new survey by the
Committee to Protect Journalists.
As of December 1, 2009 | » Read the accompanying report: "FREELANCERS UNDER FIRE"
New York, September 16, 2009—As
Muslims worldwide prepare to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a time
of compassion and forgiveness, the Committee to Protect Journalists today called
on the Iranian authorities to release journalists who are being held behind
bars.
New York, July 7, 2009--With at least 30 journalists currently in prison, Iran replaces China as the world's worst jailer of journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ called on the Iranian authorities to release all journalists who have been detained following the country's disputed June 12 presidential elections.
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