Iran says journalist has confessed

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To Western journalists interfering
and instigating protests.

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Article (http://sweetness-light.com/archive/newsweek-reporter-confesses-in-iran)

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I found this lex . . . I know I put on other link was the 33 thing :D


33 journalists jailed in Iran.
The media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders reports today that Iran is now the “world’s biggest prison for journalists,” with “a total of 33 journalists and cyber-dissidents in its jails.” At least 20 journalists have been arrested since June 12. The New York Times adds that the Iranian government continues to “block all coverage of protests and the security crackdown” and has ordered the BBC’s reporter to leave the country. “[O]ther news organization said they were ordered by the authorities not to report on events on the streets.”
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/06/21/journalists-iran-33/

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[offsite=http://www.newsweek.com/id/203015:2jqp72df]NEWSWEEK Reporter Detained
Jun 21, 2009

NEWSWEEK Magazine issued the following statement on June 21:

On Sunday morning in Tehran, Newsweek's Maziar Bahari was detained without charge by Iranian authorities and has not been heard from since. Mr. Bahari is a Canadian citizen and a renowned journalist and filmmaker, who has been living in and covering Iran for the past decade. Newsweek strongly condemns this unwarranted detention, and calls upon the Iranian government to release him immediately.

Mr. Bahari's coverage of Iran, for Newsweek and other outlets, has always been fair and nuanced, and has given full weight to all sides of the issues. He has worked well with different administrations in Tehran, including the current one. Since the elections over 20 journalists and bloggers have reportedly been detained; the seizure of innocent journalists is a violation of the right to a free press in Iran. Newsweek asks that world governments use whatever influence they have with the government in Tehran to make clear that this detention is unwarranted and unacceptable, and to demand Mr. Bahari's release.[/offsite:2jqp72df]
BBC World Service, BBC Channel 4, Newsweek, plus about 10 documentaries and plays critical of Iran.

Bahari's boss at Newsweek is a man named Christopher Dickey. He's the Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor.

From Dickey's personal website:
[offsite=http://www.christopherdickey.com/biography_sub1.html:2jqp72df]Chris is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he was formerly an Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow; of the Overseas Press Club of America; and of the Anglo-American Press Association of Paris.[/offsite:2jqp72df]

C'mon guys... It's not that hard.

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