SEEMO announces new Board President; offers support to detained Iranian blogger
From SEEMO - Boris Bergant, former European Broadcasting Union (EBU) President and former Deputy Director of RTV Slovenia, was elected as the new President of the SEEMO Board.
During its board meeting the SEEMO Board offered special support to Fariba Pajooh, a young Iranian blogger and journalist. On 22 August 2009, Pajooh was arrested at her parents' house in Teheran. SEEMO supports the liberation of Pajooh and hopes that the authorities in Teheran will free her as a positive signal.
See the full SEEMO press release here.
13 November 2009
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