Share this: TwitterFacebookWhatsAppLinkedInEmailTelegramWashington, D.C., August 24, 2020 — Iranian authorities should release journalist Kayvan Samimi from prison immediately and cease arbitrarily jailing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. “We call on the Iranian authorities to release Kayvan Samimi immediately.”Samimi was arrested on May 1, 2019, while covering a Labor Day demonstration in front of the parliament building in Tehran, as CPJ documented at the time. He spent 17 days in detention before being released on bail, according to a report by the exile-run Human Rights Activists News Agency. CPJ was unable to find contact information for the Iranian judiciary on the body’s website. CPJ emailed the Iranian mission to the UN, but did not receive any response.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 24, 2020 20:03 UTC