Reporters suffering on both sides of Iran election protest

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Updated June 30, 2009 20:50:13

Journalists have been among the key targets of a government crackdown after the recently disputed election in Iran. Iranian journalists who don't follow the government line are at extreme risk and several are under detention. And those who work in government media are denounced by protesters as propaganda agents and are targeted in street actions.

Presenter: Matt Abud
Speakers: Jean-Francoise Guilliard, director, Reporters Without Borders; Hamid Tehrani, Iran editor, Global Voices (citizen journalist website); David Astley, secretary general, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

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