IRAN WATCH CANADA

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

News in brief-
Source on news - Etemad Meli Newspaper

More than 220 journalists and news reporter signed a statement and protested to the behavior of the ninth government ,particularly the Ministry of Interior with news reporters during the recent election.
The signature to this statement is on the rise. The statement says that : The government and Ministry of Interior put much obstacle in front of journalists and news reporters for reporting about the election, particularly on the process of candidates registration and on the election headquarter located in the Ministry of Interior .
It went as far that, the minister of interior himself officially prevented to the presence of a reporter.And the Minister believe that he has all the rights to select and prevent reporters and to give orders to them and to newspapers.
The recent election , based on high volume of unofficial news release and spread of rumers through unofficial news publication in comparison with past years was unprecedent .
One of the problems was the delay in counting the votes and creation of barriers for journalists and reporters and limiting the flow of information.
In this statement the signatories condemned the government behavior on the flow of information and the government expectation to make journalists and reporters as Ahmadinejads' government employees . As well In the statement the reporters has warned the government for such behavior and demanded the goverment to appologize.

Link to this news in Farsi:
http://www.roozna.com/Negaresh_site/FullStory/?Id=27568

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