IRAN: Film Screening & Discussion with Jon Stewart

 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

7:30pm in EDT

 

Event: „Censorship and Power in Iran“

Film: „Forced Confessions“

Discussion:

Maziar Bahari, Journalist and Filmmaker

Joel Simon, Committee to Protect Journalists

Jon Stewart, Political Satirist

 

As Iran nears elections in June, the government has launched renewed assault on the media with arrests, repression, and harassment. Join us for a special screening of „Forced Confessions,“ a film documenting the history of this tactic in Iran, followed by a discussion exploring the political, social, and personal implications of criminalizing the press, along with the worrying trends under new governments in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya.

(Bonus: Ticket holders will receive a personal copy of CPJ’s annual publication, Attacks on the Press.)

Hosted by the Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN American Center, and International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran