At Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer’s wedding last weekend
May 12th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
It was wonderful to see Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer (the “hikers”) unite after all they went through during their imprisonment in Iran. I wish them happiness, health, and freedom!
“Journalist, oceanographer to speak at UMass Dartmouth commencement”
May 11th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I’m honored to be invited to give the undergraduate commencement speech at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on May 27.
By Grant Welker
May 10, 2012
May 10, 2012
DARTMOUTH —
Roxana Saberi, a journalist and human rights activist, is the undergraduate commencement speaker and Susan Avery, an oceanographic institution president, the graduate speaker for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth this year.
The graduation ceremonies — scheduled for Saturday, May 26, for graduates and Sunday, May 27, for undergraduates — will also include distinguished service medals for retiring U.S. Rep. Barney Frank and Elizabeth O’Neill LaStaiti, a retired first justice of
RSF: JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA HOUNDED FROM ALL QUARTERS
May 10th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Reporters Without Borders
(In Farsi)
May 10, 2012
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the range of methods that the Iranian authorities use to keep intensifying their harassment of journalists and media.
In the past two weeks, two journalists were arrested to begin serving previously imposed jail sentences and a third was sentenced to 25 lashes, while a monthly was suspended for two months. Many detained journalists, such as Narges Mohammadi, are being subjected to inhuman and degrading conditions and denied their most basic rights.
Journalist Mahssa Amrabadi, the wife of imprisoned journalist Masoud Bastani, was arrested yesterday … Read the rest
RFE/RL: Iran Filters Khamenei’s Fatwa On Antifiltering
May 9th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Filter not, lest ye be filtered.
May 09, 2012
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has apparently become the latest victim of Iran’s Internet censorship regime — to which he himself has given his blessing and approval.
The website Tabnak reports that Khamenei’s “fatwa” on the illegality of using antifiltering tools in Iran was itself blocked in the country, some 30 hours after it was published on Iranian websites. The ruling was seemingly filtered because it contained the word “antifiltering,” which triggered the country’s censorship system to automatically
Speaking to students in Denver earlier this week
May 5th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I had a lovely time this week in Denver, where I spoke at two schools affiliated with the wonderful Facing History and Ourselves, which works to combat racism and prejudice through education programs worldwide.
May 5th, 2012 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
CNN aired the video that won the “For Press Freedom” college contest held by CNN, RSF, and the Ford Foundation. The 50-second video was broadcast on World Press Freedom Day (May 3). It’s very good. Check it out!
CNN
May 3, 2012
CNN salutes two sophomores from Western Michigan University for their winning video honoring Press Freedom Day.… Read the rest
