Iran: CFWIJ condemns journalist Rahil Mousavi’s unexplained arrest
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Freelance photojournalist Rahil Mousavi was arrested on November 9, 2021 over unspecified charges and has remained in state custody since.
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Iran: CFWIJ condemns the prison sentence given to Mehrnoush Tafian and Narges Mohammadi
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State authorities continue to persecute women journalists in the country in an attempt to silence the valid human rights concerns they raise.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ denounces the legal persecution against journalist Sepideh Qoliyan
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The General Directorate of Prisons in Bushehr filed a criminal complaint against journalist and political prisoner Sepideh Qoliyan.
Read MoreUnited States-Iran: CFWIJ stands in solidarity with Farnaz Fasihi who was targeted through vicious online trolling
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Journalist Farnaz Fasihi has been on the receiving end of deeply gendered and misogynistic online attacks by Iranian trolls.
Read MoreUnited States/Iran: CFWIJ strongly condemns Iran’s attempt to kidnap journalist and regime critic Masih Alinejad from her Brooklyn home in the U.S.
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A prominent Iranian human rights activist and journalist living in New York, Masih Alinejad was the target of an international kidnapping attempt.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ is saddened by the tragic death of Reyhaneh Yassini and Mahshad Karimi in a fatal accident
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A fatal bus accident near the city of Naqadeh took the lives of Reyhaneh Yassini and Mahshad Karimi.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ is horrified by the physical attack on Faeze Momeni
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Faeze Momeni, a correspondent for Event 24 News, was covering her assignment at Shahid Beheshti University when she was attacked.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ is dismayed over one-year extension in the imprisonment period of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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CFWIJ is alarmed by the extension of one more year of imprisonment against journalist and charity worker, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Read MoreIran: Sepideh Qolian suddenly transferred to a different prison. CFWIJ expresses deep concern regarding Sepideh’s sentence.
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Sepideh Qolian was suddenly shifted to a different prison facility on March 11, without warning.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ demands journalist Nooshin Jafari’s immediate release
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Journalist Nooshin Jafari was arrested without notice and transferred to Qarchak Prison to serve a four-year prison sentence.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ welcomes journalist Saba Azarpeik’s release
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Journalist Saba Azarpeik was reportedly released on bail on February 8. She was arrested illegally by The Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) on February 7 .
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ demands journalist Saba Azarpeik’s release immediately
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Journalist Saba Azarpeik was reportedly arrested by The Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) on February 7 for unknown reasons.
Read MoreIran: The torture of Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian at the hands of Iranian Ministry of Intelligence comes to light. CFWIJ expresses its utmost concern.
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The Coalition For Women In Journalism is horrified at the ongoing torture of Zeynab Jalalian as her health continues to deteriorate.
Iran: CFWIJ distressed by the prolonged imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has worked with renowned media organizations, has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly five years.
Read MoreIran: CFWIJ welcomes journalist Vida Rabbani’s release
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Vida Rabbani, a journalist for Seda Magazine, was released from Evin Prison on bail.
Read MoreIran: Iranian authorities continue their acts of reprisal towards journalist Masih Alinejad's brother.
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Journalist Masih Alinejad’s brother Alireza Alinejad's appeal on his unjust 8-year sentence has been rejected by the appeal court in Iran.
Read MoreIran: Human rights activists and journalists summoned for imprisonment as the appeals court upheld the sentence due to “anti-government propaganda”
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Alieh Motalebzadeh and student Roghieh (Ashraf) Nafari were summoned an arrest warrant to turn to Tehran’s Evin Prison over charges of “propaganda against the state”.
Iran: Nada Sabouri started her jail sentence of 3.5 years over 2014 conviction
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Nada Sabouri was taken to Evin prison to serve a sentence of three and a half years in prison.
Read MoreIran: Legal proceedings against journalist Kowsar Karimi for reporting on destruction of village
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Journalist Kowsar Karimi from Mehr News Agency was arrested last week while covering the news of demolition of homes in the village of Abolfazl for a construction project for residential homes.
Read MoreIndia: Physical attack on the Caravan’s staff and sexual harassment targeting its female reporter, reflects growing gendered aggression against the press.
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On August 11, a crowd attacked three reporters working with The Caravan, in upper east Delhi's North Ghonda neighborhood.
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