Iran

This edition: An NHK journalist detained in Iran, BHRT's funding crisis, the future of USAGM & VOA, and a threat to Czech Radio.

The BBC launches an emergency broadcasting service in Iran, while governance changes for broadcasters in Zambia, Lithuania and Lebanon.

Argentina’s kids TV channel unveils a controversial new programme, while creators have been given access to India’s broadcasters’ archives.

Both the BBC and DR own up to failings, as documentaries that are then mired in controversy, and taken off their OTT platforms.

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the BBC is announcing for the first time that over 300 World Service journalists are working in exile.

UN report raises concern that Iranian authorities harassed, threatened and intimidated journalists working outside the country, including BBC Persian. 

The UN International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran has today confirmed that its investigation will include the targeting of journalists.

2022 was a dark year, with more journalists imprisoned than ever before, writes Cilla Benkö, DG of Swedish Radio, as she looks ahead to 2023.

The communication was sent by four UN specialist experts, who work on arbitrary detention, freedom of speech, violence against women and Iran.

It is the second appeal in two months the BBC World Service has made to the UN regarding fears about the safety journalists face in Iran.