Iran’s Appalling Treatment of Journalists has not Ended

THE WASHINGTON POST

THE POST has been celebrating the release of reporter Jason Rezaian and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, who is also a journalist, following their unjust detention and Mr. Rezaian’s prolonged imprisonment in Iran. But even after their freeing, Iran remains a world leader in the imprisonment and abuse of journalists. At least 19 other reporters, cartoonists and editors are still being held by the Islamic regime, often in cruel and inhumane conditions, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The story of Mr. Rezaian’s ordeal ought to focus more attention on those who remain behind bars.

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