All posts tagged Iran

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is right to brag that the Voice of America (VOA) -- one of several U.S. government-funded journalistic entities under BBG's management

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns the Iranian government's targeting of the BBC's Farsi-language TV station, BBC Persian.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - New York, September 9, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the forced closure of two independent Iranian newspapers on Monday and

Freedom House: As Iranians commemorate Journalists' Day on August 8 (17th of Mordad in the Iranian calendar), Iran remains one of world's most dangerous countries for reporters.

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - 12.09.2011-Two journalists freed but a dozen netizens and journalists arrested Two journalists have been released in the past week but a

From ProPublica.org website: Alhurra Video and Lost in Translation: Alhurra—America’s Troubled Effort to Win Middle East Hearts and Minds

The BBG-managed Voice of America (VOA) websites were hacked on February 21, 2011, apparently by the "Iranian Cyber Army," as reported by PiratesWeek and Kim Andrew

FreeMediaOnline.orgTruckee, CA, USA, February 21, 2011 -- As reported by PiratesWeek and Kim Andrew Elliott, a Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG)

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The authorities have increased censorship in a bid to prevent yesterday's anti-government protests, blocking independent or pro-opposition websites and other electronic

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): With 145 reporters, editors, and photojournalists behind bars on December 1 st , the number of journalists

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, November 28, 2010 -- Classified and secret U.S. State Department cables released by Wikileaks show  French government

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter Isaacson, recently placed by President Obama in the job of managing U.S. international broadcasting, made news this week

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, October 08, 2010 -- The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Walter Isaacson, recently placed by President

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Belarus is vastly different from Iran, but the lessons from the sanctions imposed against Europe’s last dictatorship are