Publications
Covering Iran: the role of conventional and non-conventional media
1 June 2010 — Azad Tribune9.00am, Wednesday 16 June 2010
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Admission Free - All Welcome
(Pre-registration required)
The Conference will address how the 2009 presidential election in Iran and its aftermath provided conventional international media channels with great challenges in covering events and will look at how with further controls brought to bear on the foreign press, many channels turned to use mobile phone
footage and Twitter messages in television coverage.
Article: 100 Years in Pursuit of Freedom of Expression by Potkin Azarmehr
8 May 2010 — Azad TribuneIn his latest article, Potkin Azarmehr explores the ongoing challenges faced by Iranians over the last century in their struggle to achieve their right to free expression.
Read the full article here.
Interview: Maziar Bahari Has Been Threatened Again
3 May 2010 — Azad Tribune
In the light of the achievements of the recent campaign, “Our Society will be a Free Society”, steered by Maziar Bahari, and his extensive coverage in the international media of the post-election crises in Iran, he has been targeted with yet another threat, channelled through his family in Iran. Amidst his busy schedule, Azad Tribune has had the opportunity to have a brief talk with him to unveil this most recent concern and a few other issues.
Event: Night Of Solidarity With The Imprisoned Iranian Journalists
23 April 2010 — Azad Tribune
Azad Tribune has joined a strong line of organisations to support SCPIPW in a 'Night of Solidarity with the Imprisoned Iranian Journalists'. The event will be held on 8th May 2010 in Washington DC, hosted by Rudi Bakhtiar, and guest speakers include: Davar Ardalan, Robert Dreyfuss, Akbar Ganji, Fereshteh Ghazi, Clothilde Le Coz, Jacki Lyden.
Show Trials or Forced Confessions
12 April 2010 — Azad TribuneWhat has become known as Iran’s Stalinist show trials includes a mixture of ordinary citizens arrested in post election protests, well known Iranian dissidents, reformist thinkers, former regime officials during Khatami’s reformist era, journalists and even a French citizen student.
More than 3,500 petition Iran to release journalists, writers
6 April 2010 — Azad TribuneCPJ in coalition with 15 other international free expression groups of which ARTICLE 19 can also be named were petitioning Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, to immediately release dozens of journalists, writers, and bloggers currently imprisoned in the country. This petition was delivered today to the Islamic Republic of Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.To view the Press Release please open the attached file.
Our Society Will Be A Free Society - Launch of Online Petition
2 March 2010 — adminIn response to the brutal crackdown against journalists and writers in Iran, a coalition of leading press freedom and free expression groups, launch an online petition drive calling for the release of those imprisoned.
At least 60 journalists and writers are now in prison in Iran, more than in any other country in the world.
UN Human Rights Council Reviews Situation for Free Expression
15 February 2010 — adminAs the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) meets today in Geneva to engage in its Universal Periodic Review of Iran, ARTICLE 19 again raises serious concerns about the failure of the Islamic Republic to respect and promote freedom of expression.
Mapping Iran's Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere
11 February 2010 — admin
The Internet is clearly an important vehicle for citizen participation in Iran. The Azad Tribune is pleased to bring you a study entitled Mapping Iran’s Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere, published today on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Republic (Publications page).
Press Release - Iran: ARTICLE 19 Launches Azad Tribune – an Online Platform to Encourage Free Expression
17 December 2009 — adminOn International Human Rights Day, ARTICLE 19 today launches an
interactive website to encourage networking among bloggers, journalists and
activists in Iran.
Azad Tribune will host articles from writers based in and outside Iran. It will also
provide a platform for debate about freedom of expression and will provide
information and other resources that will support civil society campaigning against
censorship in that country.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most repressive countries in the world, with
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