Today, August 8th is Iran's National Journalist's Day.
"The era of journalistic suppression continues. Over 100 journalists were arrested over the past 11 months in Iran."
"However, even with these arrests, the flow of information remains unstoppable and finds its path like water."
Akbari Montajabi,
Journalist,
Iran.
"On Iran's National Journalist's Day,
Hammihan newspaper compiled a list of 76 journalists, reporters and photographers who have been detained since the onset of nationwide protests sparked by the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022.
The report said that those media workers faced a range of punishments including imprisonment, community service, travel bans, flogging, restrictions on their social media activities and prohibition to use a mobile phone."
"On August 8 last year, Iran's National Journalist's Day, two women journalists who have been in jail for 320 days for having reported about Amini's death were awarded for their courageous coverage of social issues.
Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are being held at Tehran’s Evin prison. They are accused of collaborating with the "hostile" government of the United States, colluding to commit crimes against national security, and engaging in propaganda activities against the regime."