The International Media Council of the Next Century Foundation is convinced that the honesty or dishonesty of media affects the mental health of the world. Freedom of expression is vital as a means of permitting all views to flourish peacefully. It is a cliché that the price of this freedom must be continual vigilance – in particular vigilance to identify and expose the encouragement of malice, war and the incident of hate speech and image.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
BBC Persian TV jammed by Iran
11 February 2011, Index on Censorship report that the BBC's Persian Television service was jammed by Iran due to its coverage of political unrest in Egypt. The jamming was triggered by the extensive coverage the channel had of the Egyptian protests.
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