As protests in Iran over the death of a young woman in police custody spread to about 80 cities, authorities have responded by arresting protesters and journalists, many of them women. As of Friday, media rights groups tracking the arrests of journalists who covered the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, and the ensuing protests have…
With at least 28 journalists detained and mass internet blackouts implemented, Iran tries to block world from knowing truth of protests, media analysts say
Iran’s record of media repression and arrests is casting a chill over female journalists who want to report on mass protests. Journalists inside Iran
Iran’s record of media repression and arrests is casting a chill over female journalists who want to report on mass protests. Journalists inside Iran are “afraid of speaking openly,” Kiran Nazish, founding director of the Coalition for Women in Journalism, or CFWIJ, told VOA on Friday. Nearly a dozen journalists at least three of…