On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran.
Amnesty International says verified videos and credible information from eyewitnesses in Iran reveal mass unlawful killings committed on an unprecedented scale amidst an ongoing internet shutdown imposed by the authorities since January 8 to conceal their crimes.
They write: "The Iranian authorities have once again deliberately blocked internet access inside Iran to hide the true extent of the grave human rights violations and crimes under international law they are carrying out to crush the largest nationwide protests since the Woman Life Freedom uprising in 2022. This blanket internet shutdown not only hides human rights violations, but amounts to a serious human rights violation in itself."
Guests:
Amir Rashidi, cybersecurity and policy expert, digital rights advocate, and director of digital rights at the Miaan Group
Shirin Jaafari, reporter for The World focusing on the Middle East
Ershad Alijani, award-winning journalist at France 24's observer desk
Resources:
The World: ‘I saw people shot with my own eyes’: Eyewitnesses describe crackdown on protesters in Iran
The Committee to Protect Journalists: Iran’s internet blackout tightens information chokehold amid spreading protests
The New York Times: ‘Shoot to Kill’: Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran
Radio Zamaneh: In the Dark: The Mass Killings After Iran’s Internet Blackout
