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An Iranian campaign against independent media that resulted in the recent arrests of more than a dozen journalists in Tehran has reached journalists outside the country, including as many as 15 Radio Farda journalists who have been targeted with sophisticated online attacks.
RSF/RWB: Abduction of Journalists Becoming Increastingly Common
Bashar Fahmi Al-Kadumi - Jordanian journalist, missing for the past 163 days
A Jordanian reporter working for US-funded Al-Hurra TV, Kadumi went missing in Aleppo on 20 August at the same time as Al-Hurra cameraman Cüneyt Ünal. After Ünal was released, he reported that Kadumi was wounded in the stomach by a shot fired by a Free Syrian Army sniper.
“That evening, agents raided the offices of two more dailies, Areman - where they arrested Motahhareh Shafiee and Nargess Jodaki - and Shargh - where they arrested Pejman Mousavi, Pouria Alemei, and Sadra Mohaghegh (the last has since reportedly been released along with others unnamed). Akbar Montadji was arrested at the offices of the weekly Aseman, and two more journalists, Emily Amraei and Sabba Azarpeyk, were arrested in their homes. Later that night a short report from the semi-official Mehr News suggested that some of those arrested were involved with “anti-revolutionary Farsi outlets” - implicitly, the Persian-language services of the BBC and Voice of America.”
Read more on The Guardian.
One Radio Farda reporter, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his close relatives have been summoned to the Intelligence Ministry and other intelligence organs a number of times in recent months.
Read more about Iran’s intimidation of journalists at RFE/RL and The Guardian.
In Azerbaijan,Khadija Ismayilova, a journalist for Radio Azadliq, RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani service,was detained after expressing solidarity with recent protests in the town of Ismayilli.
Read more on the story: Protesters Detained In Azerbaijani Capital, on RFE/RL’s site.
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