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Journalist Maziar Bahari, ehemaliger Häftling in Iran, führt ein Gespräch mit IPI über den Film ‚Rosewater’

Das International Press Institute (IPI) und das Film Festival „this human world“ präsentieren in einer Zusammenarbeit eine Vorführung von Regisseur Jon Stewarts Film „Rosewater“. Der Film zeigt die brutale Inhaftierung des berühmten Journalisten Maziar Bahari; im Anschluss an die Filmvorführung wird es eine Diskussion mit Maziar Bahari über den Film und seine Kampagne #journalismisnotacrime geben. Filmvorführung und Diskussion finden am 8. Dezember um 20:15 Uhr im Filmcasino (5. Margaretenstraße 78) statt.

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Washington Post correspondent convicted in Iran

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned an Iranian court decision convicting Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, who holds dual U.S.-Iranian nationality, and called for his immediate release. A spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, appeared on state TV late Sunday night to announce that the Tehran Revolutionary Court had convicted Rezaian. […]

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Jailed journalists in Iran: Overlooking the majority

“We were all caught in that uncomfortable zone between trying to save our lives and betraying ourselves.” – Maziar Bahari, Then They Came for Me: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival In 2009, Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was arrested without charge in Tehran and jailed in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. He endured psychological […]

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IPI urges Iran to drop sedition charges against Mashallah Shamsolvaezin

In an open letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the International Press Institute (IPI) appealed for respect of international press freedom standards in the case of 2014 IPI World Press Freedom Hero Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, who is set to appear before Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on Nov. 29 on charges of ‘propaganda against the state’. The charges […]

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