New wave of arrests of netizens

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns a new crackdown on online freedom of information in Iran in which Revolutionary Guards have arrested at least 24 news and information providers in Rafsanjan, Kerman and Tehran in the past two weeks. On 23 November, Rafsanjan's public prosecutor announced the arrest of seven men and a woman for “insulting society's sacred beliefs and Islamic values online” without naming them or saying exactly what charges had been brought against them. He limited himself to (...)

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