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June 2, 2023

Rights Groups Slam "Sham Trial" for Iranian Journalists Who Helped Expose Death of Mahsa Amini
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In Iran, the two women journalists whose reporting on Mahsa Amini's
death in police custody last September helped set off a nationwide
uprising were tried this week in what press freedom groups blasted as a
"sham trial." Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi had been prevented
from seeing their lawyers ahead of the trial, and the lawyers were
reportedly not permitted to present a defense in court during the
closed-door proceedings. Last month, the reporters were awarded the
prestigious 2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize,
alongside a third imprisoned Iranian journalist and activist, Narges
Mohammadi.


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