Reporters suffer on both sides of Iran protests
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Journalists have been the key targets of a government crackdown in the wake of opposition protests in Iran.
Iranian journalists who don't follow the government line are at extreme risk, with several under detention. And those who work in government media are denounced by protestors as propaganda agents, targeted in street actions.
Presenter: Matt Abud
Speakers: Jean-Francoise Guilliard, Director of Reporters Without Borders; Hamid Tehrani, Iran editor of the citizen journalist website Global Voices; David Astley, Secretary General of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
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