On the anniversary of the start of the nationwide “Woman, life, freedom” protest movement in Iran, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has gathered 31 prominent women journalists from 19 countries around the world who have spoken out in solidarity with their courageous Iranian colleagues.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) looks back at the Iranian government’s year long crackdown on journalists for covering the wave of protests triggered by Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody – 12 months of arbitrary arrests and trials on spurious charges. A labyrinth of state repression that saw a total of 79 journalists arrested,12 of whom remain in prison to this day. As for those who have been released, their freedom remains restricted.