Research Catalog

Title

Guardians of thought : limits on freedom of expression in Iran / [Sarvenaz Bahar and Sophie Silberberg Fellow ; edited by Cynthia Brown].

Author

Bahar, Sarvenaz

Publication

New York : Human Rights Watch, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fellow Silberberg, Sophie
• Brown, Cynthia G., 1943-

Description

140 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

The apparent intensity of public debate, variety of publications and the wealth of artistic achievements in the Islamic Republic of Iran create an illusion of unrestricted discourse. The limits on expression are defined, however, in complex and often arbitrary ways by a government beset by internal power struggles and intolerance. The artistic and intellectual community's resistance to state-imposed censorship has produced some relaxation of control since the period immediately following the 1979 Islamic revolution, but the parametersof what is permitted tend to shift quickly, in response to pressures within the ruling movement. Its never clear whether what can be said, written or filmed today will be cause for financial ruin, arrest or other punishment tomorrow.

Series Statement

Middle East Watch report

Uniform Title

Middle East Watch report

Alternative Title

Limits on freedom of expression in Iran

Subject

• Freedom of speech > Iran
• Freedom of the press > Iran
• Censorship > Iran
• Human rights > Iran
• Censorship
• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of the press
• Human rights
• Meinungsfreiheit
• Unterdrückung
• Zensur
• Recht van meningsuiting
• Censuur
• Politieke aspecten
• Iran

Note

• "August 1993."
• Written by Sarvenaz Bahar; edited by Cynthia Brown.
• "Middle East Watch, a division of Human Rights"--Cover.
• "[C]overs more than sixty incidents involving the prosecution, imprisonment or harassment of writers, filmmakers, journalists and intellectuals based on the content of their work"--P. 13.
• Includes relevant legislation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Legal framework -- The press -- Selective applications of the press law -- Foreign media and journalists -- State-controlled radio and television -- Book publishing -- The Fatwa against Salman Rushdie and its extension to Iranians -- Film -- Banned political expression -- Restricted academic freedom -- Denial and distortion of cultural heritage.

ISBN

• 1564321061
• 9781564321060

LCCN

93078899

OCLC

• ocm28884292
• 28884292
• SCSB-8930884

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library