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Iran bars foreign media from reporting on protests Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR456.htm Publisher:  Committee to Protect Journalists Date Written:  17/06/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Iranian government's decision to bar foreign journalists from leaving their offices to report, film, or take photographs--a restriction intended to prevent news coverage of protests. Abstract:  New York, June 16, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Iranian government's decision to bar foreign journalists from leaving their offices to report, film, or take photographs--a restriction intended to prevent news coverage of protests over the disputed presidential election. The announcement of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's victory on Saturday ignited demonstrations in different cities across Iran as the defeated reformist candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and his supp... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR456.htm Topics Censorship Censorship/Official Election Results Elections Fraud Freedom of the Press Iran Journalism Media Coverage/Asia Media Coverage/Middle East News Coverage/International Political Repression Press Freedom Voting

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