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Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN American Center, and International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
Censorship and Power in Iran
with JON STEWART, MAZIAR BAHARI, and JOEL SIMON
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 7:30PM
School of the Visual Arts
333 West 23rd Street
New York,
NY
10011
As Iran heads towards elections in June, the government is once again engaging in a campaign of arrests, repression and harassment against the media. The evening will explore the political, social and personal implications of criminalizing the press, the impact of press freedom violations on upcoming elections, and what must be done to counter Iran’s censorship regime. It will also examine some of the similar worrying trends among Arab Spring countries under Islamic governments in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya.
Background
In January 2013, the Iranian government began a wave of detentions aimed at silencing journalists in the country. Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi has said that 600 Iranian journalists are part of an anti-state network, and that the arrests were an attempt to "prevent the emergence of sedition prior to the elections." Iran has maintained a revolving-door policy for imprisoning journalists, freeing some detainees on furloughs even as new arrests are made. In its December 2012 prison census, CPJ found that Iran was the world's second-worst jailer of journalists, with 45 journalists imprisoned in reprisal for their work. The threat of imprisonment has led scores of Iranian journalists to flee into exile in recent years. In addition, other Arab countries like Egypt that are undergoing democratic transition under Islamic government are starting to invoke anti press sentiments and introducing new restrictions on journalists.
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