May 8, 2007
Cut the bias (The Guardian)
Read my latest column for the Guardian's Comment is Free on how a press freedom watchdog is distorting the truth in Iran when it comes to freedom of speech on the Internet.
Cut the bias (The Guardian)
By Hossein Derakhshan
Iran doesn't have a policy of imprisoning people for the content of their blogs, as some human rights campaigners would have us believe.
Comments
It's completely absurd that you would create excuses for the Iranian government's threatening and repressive towards journalists and bloggers. You may think you are doing Iran some kind of favour in good publicity, but compromising on standards of freedom and democracy is no way to get anything changed for the better. Your argument is self-contradictory and apologist.
- By: Solana on May 12, 2007
- By: Solana on May 12, 2007
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Thank you for continuing to spread truth. There is so much propaganda out there and people swallow it without thinking. The job you are doing with this blog is such an important one.
- By: Kelly on May 10, 2007
- By: Kelly on May 10, 2007
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