Iran - Number of journalists and netizens in prison now tops 65

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores the fact that, as a result of arrests in the past few days, the number of journalists and netizens detained in Iran now exceeds 65. “This is a figure that is without precedent since Reporters Without Borders was created in 1985,” the organisation's secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, said. “The detainees include journalists based in Tehran and the provinces.” At the same time, the Internet has been experiencing a great deal of disruption since the (...)

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