Index on Censorship » Thomson Reuters http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Thomson Reuters http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Iran court finds Reuters bureau chief guilty of “spreading lies” http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/10/iran-reuters-bureau-chief-guilty-propaganda/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/10/iran-reuters-bureau-chief-guilty-propaganda/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:12:03 +0000 Marta Cooper http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=40681 An Iranian court on Sunday convicted the Tehran bureau chief of the Thomson Reuters news agency of “propaganda-related offences” for a video that briefly described a group of women involved in martial arts training as killers. Parisa Hafezi was found guilty of “spreading lies” against the Islamic system for the February video, which initially carried a headline saying that the women [...]

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]]> “propaganda-related offences” for a video that briefly described a group of women involved in martial arts training as killers. Parisa Hafezi was found guilty of “spreading lies” against the Islamic system for the February video, which initially carried a headline saying that the women were training as ninja “assassins.” A sentence by the court is expected within a week.

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