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NUJ statement on assassination plot of Iran International journalists

Union response to new details of a plan by Iranian authorities to kill UK-based journalists.

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NUJ World Service briefing December 2022

The BBC is cutting the World Service’s budget by £28.5m per year from April 2023, with 382 posts (almost one in five) to go. This NUJ briefing explains the impact of the cuts to the service.

UN votes to investigate Iran’s crackdown on protesters

Journalists reporting the anti-government demonstrations are also targeted.

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25 Nov 2022
NUJ statement on threats to journalists at Iran International

Two British-Iranian journalists for the UK-based Persian-language TV channel have been warned of a possible risk to their lives.

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NUJ condemns further threats from Iranian government on journalists at BBC Persian and Iran International

The union also called on the BBC to reverse its decision to close BBC Persian Radio.

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Afghanistan: NUJ condemns ongoing media crackdown

Restrictions on media reporting enforced by the Taliban have intensified in recent weeks, with several journalists arrested and international news broadcasters taken off air. 

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01 Apr 2022
BBC files UN complaint about online violence towards women journalists

The NUJ says the "truly chilling" threats must be stopped

23 Mar 2022
NUJ backs censure of Iran over targeting of reporter in Iran International’s bureau in Israel  

The union has condemned the constant harassment of Iranian journalists by the country’s authorities. 

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BBC News Persian

The BBC has marked International Human Rights Day by calling upon Iran to end the escalating cross-border harassment and threats towards its journalists.

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10 Dec 2021
NUJ calls for end of harassment of journalists by Iranian state

Following the attempted kidnap of an Iranian journalist in New York, the union has highlighted the threats to the Iranian press in the UK.

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