Reporters Without Borders
Press rights group knocks Iran’s internet limits
Reporters Without Borders has spoken out against the restrictions put on internet access in Iran, saying the government is trying to prevent Iranians from getting news and information in the lead-up to the presidential election. » read more
Iranian activist nominated for award
Iranian human rights activist Shiva Nazar-Ahari has been nominated for the annual Reporters Without Borders Netizen Award. » read more
Denials, whispers swirl around journalist arrests
Mohammad Hosseiny, the Iranian Minister of Culture and Guidance, has commented on the recent arrest of more than a dozen journalists, saying their charges are not related to the media. » read more
Press freedom group calls for Mousavi’s release
Reporters Without Borders has expressed deep concern about Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, who was hospitalized on Thursday to undergo heart surgery. » read more
Press rights group slams government censorship in Iran
Reporters Without Borders claims that journalists are being summoned for interrogation at Iran’s Ministry of Culture. It accuses the ministry of becoming “a censorship agency that has been turned into an all-out mechanism of control and repression since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president.” » read more
Iranian leaders united against journalists: RWB
Reporters Without Borders has once again ranked Iran as “one of the world’s biggest prisons for journalists” on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3. » read more
Rights group condemns arrest of Iranian activist
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of Nargess Mohammadi, the spokesperson for Shirin Ebadi’s Centre for Human Rights Defenders of Iran. » read more
Rights groups call for renewal of rapporteur's mandate
Twenty human rights groups have issued a joint statement calling for the renewal of Ahmad Shaheed’s United Nations mandate as special rapporteur on human rights in Iran. » read more
Rights groups says free elections impossible in Iran
Reporters Without Borders says free elections cannot possibly take place in Iran because the widespread “crackdown on journalists and netizens” prevents voters from getting the “independently reported news and information they need to make a choice.” » read more
Iran lingers low on press freedom index
Iran ranks near the bottom of the Press Freedom Index for 2011-2012, which was released today by the press rights organization Reporters Without Borders. » read more














