[FM Discuss] VOA broadcasts on circumvention

[adam]

On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 23:22 -0400, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 22:45, adam <adam at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > the situation being what it is, its better _not_ to bring the
> > translators to the attention of the news media. its better to bring the
> > content to the attention of the news media....
> 
> They would like to interview somebody in Farsi for broadcast to Iran.
> This does not have to be the translators, but it should be an Iranian
> who really knows the content. Whom do we know of who could safely do a
> good job of this?

personally i dont feel comfortable putting anyone in that position.
sorry, not being unnecessarily paranoid i just dont want to blunder into
putting someone at risk when i know very little about the real risks

adam



> 
> > if you can fwd the link to
> > Hida Fouladvand and Mary Beth Sheridan with an explanation of the
> > manual....that would be great :)
> 
> I'll try to get through to them.
> 
> > adam
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 22:37 -0400, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> >> Do we know who translated How to Bypass Internet Censorship to Farsi?
> >> Can we get them to the attention of the VOA Persian News Network? Hida
> >> Fouladvand, Executive Editor, was talking on C-SPAN today about the
> >> need for millions of dollars for Tor routers to support Iranian and
> >> Chinese bloggers, and about the need for education on the subject.
> >>
> >> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292935-101
> >> Panelists talked about the impact of new media in Iran. Topics
> >> included the increasing number of bloggers and citizen journalists who
> >> criticize the Iranian government in spite of the risk of prosecution.
> >> Nik Kowsar showed cartoon stills of various criticitisms on the
> >> government. He was jailed for some of his cartoons. Following their
> >> discussion panelists responded to audience members' questions.
> >>
> >> http://www.c-spanvideo.org/hidafouladvand
> >>
> >> Fouladvand, Hida
> >> Executive EditorVOA Persian News Network
> >>
> >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/17/AR2009061703853.html
> >> Persian News Network Finds New Life in Contested Iranian Election
> >> Unrest Continues in Iran
> >> After a hotly contested election pitting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
> >> against leading challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, the government
> >> declared Ahmadinejad the winner on June 13. Mousavi's supporters took
> >> to the streets to protest the results, and were met with harsh
> >> security crackdowns.
> >>
> >> By Mary Beth Sheridan
> >> Washington Post Staff Writer
> >> Thursday, June 18, 2009
> >>
> >> Voice of America beams a youth-oriented TV show into Iran each
> >> evening, usually a mix of Hollywood releases, music videos and tips on
> >> high-tech gadgets. This week's show featured a weightier topic: how to
> >> evade a crackdown on free speech.
> >>
> >
> >
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