Roozonline
Rooz (Persian: روز, literally day) was a Persian and English news website. It was mostly staffed by exiled Iranian journalists including Masoud Behnoud, Ebrahim Nabavi, Farah Karimi, and Nikahang Kowsar with occasional articles by activists and journalists inside Iran, including Shirin Ebadi and Ahmad Zeidabadi. Another contributor is Hossein Derakhshan, who has been under arrest in Tehran since 1 November 2008.[1]
It was first published on the web on May 10, 2005. It is published by "Iran Gooya" (registered in France).
Controversy edit
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In November 2006, Hossein Derakhshan who maintained the Rooz website claimed on his blog that he was accused of working for the Islamic Republic government and therefore not paid for a year by Rooz.[2] Furthermore, he hoped that Hivos, a Dutch organization that helps to fund for Rooz, would pressure them to allow more freedom of speech to their staff.[2] In response, Nikahang Kowsar claimed that Derakhshan has taken the website "hostage" and that he demands "ransom", and asked director Hossein Bastani to confront Derakhshan.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Document - Iran: Incommunicado detention/ fear of torture or other ill-treatment/ possible prisoner of conscience: Hossein Derakhshan (m)". Amnesty International. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ^ a b Hossein Bastani, editor of Rooz, a Hivos-funded project, refuses to pay staff's rights, accusing them of working with Islamic Republic to stifle free speech July 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://nikahang.blogspot.com/2006/11/blog-post_116326605491307166.html[user-generated source]
External links edit
- (in Persian) Official website
- Archive of English articles on Rooz
- Hivos website