Iran - Press freedom violations recounted in real time (from 1st January 2011)

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24.01.2011 - Journalist begins serving one-year jail term for talking to international radio stations Ehsan Mehrabi, a journalist with the daily Farhikhteghan, was arrested on 22 January to begin serving the one-year jail sentence he received from a revolutionary court in November on a charge of “anti-government publicity” for giving interviews to the BBC's Farsi-language service and Radio Farda. The sentence was upheld by a Tehran appeal court. Initially arrested on 18 February 2009, he had (...)

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