Saturday, May 7, 2016

Paris: Khamenei image posted as press freedom enemy #1


 Paris streets witness images of Khamenei as enemy of press freedom

Images of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei has been posted in the streets of Paris as press freedom enemy #1.
Marking ‘Press Freedom Day’, Reporters Sans Frontiers launched a campaign on Tuesday, May 3rd condemning regimes oppressing press and media freedoms.
A French graphic company has for the fifth consecutive year voluntarily installed related posters in this regard throughout the streets of Paris. These posters include images of 12 regime leaders identified as enemies of press freedom. Khamenei is amongst the 12 such figures whose images were seen in these posters.
“Iran is ranked 169th in this year’s annual RSF report. 38 journalists are currently behind bars in Iran,” was the text describing Khamenei’s image.

This poster also explains how journalists in Iran are interrogated, tortured and accused of charges such as espionage.

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