Maziar Bahari tells House committee that while there may be progress on the nuclear file, human rights abuses must not be ignored
Tag Archives: Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari and Iran’s Press TV
Press TV, an English-language TV station based in London that functions as a propaganda arm of Iran’s foreign ministry, may soon lose its British licence after broadcasting a forced “confession” by Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari while he was jailed in Tehran’s notrious Evin Prison.
Iran sentences Canadian blogger to 19 years in prison
Hossein Derakhshan has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison, according to an Iranian news source close to Iran’s presidential office.
Meghan McCain fights back, Georgia May Jagger models, and Jean Sarkozy gets a boost
Newsmakers of the week
Strong, principled action
Lawrence Cannon, today. The reasons behind our decision to boycott may be obvious, but are nonetheless worth repeating. Firstly, Iran has violated the human rights of its own citizens and foreign nationals, including Canadians Maziar Bahari (by unjustifiably detaining him) and Zahra Kazemi (whose death remains unexplained). This recently also has been demonstrated in its violent response against protestors following the fraudulent presidential election.
Lawrence Cannon meets Iranian counterpart, awkward pauses in the conversation ensue
Here’s his take on the meeting, via the CBC.
Iran’s Press TV’s useful Western idiots
Dominic Lawson at The Times of London has a good piece about Press TV, Iran’s government-backed international English-language news network, and the Western reporters, or stooges, as he – I believe accurately – describes them, who work for it.
Newsmakers of the week
Stampede slams, Meghan McCain’s biopic, and Saddam Hussein’s WMD confession