@dparvaz
d. parvazJournalists Behind Bars panel today @ 11:30. Will speak of colleague Samer Allawi aje.me/oAFJ87 #freesamer#ONA11 #AJE#freesamer
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Journalists Behind Bars
Swept up in the revolutionary fervor that gripped the Middle East and North Africa during the Arab Spring, reporters who were held captive during that time discuss their experiences — and offer tips on how to prepare if you ever venture into countries where detentions and interrogations are an occupational hazard.
(Due to technical issues with the streaming software, a partial recording of the session is available below. The full-length version will be available within a few weeks.)
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Journalists Behind Bars: Speaker Bios
Journalists Behind Bars session is getting underway. Hashtags: #ona11 #behindbars Dorothy Parvaz, Al Jazeera English, @DorothyParvaz John Yemma, The Christian Science Monitor James Foley, GlobalPost (via Skype) Session live-blogging and notes.
@nrojas0131
Nicole RojasIt takes great courage to cover an event like #arabspring on location like @dparvaz#behindbars#ona11
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Spy = Death Penalty
First person account: put on plane with a false dossier that said I was a spy, which carries a death penalty in Iran. – @DorothyParvaz
@trishanderton
trish anderton“Initially they kept talking about me as a spy. They refused to believe I didn’t speak Arabic.” @DorothyParvaz#behindbars#ona11
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@trishanderton
trish anderton“They refer to your interrogator as your ‘case worker’” in Iran, says @DorothyParvaz#behindbars#ona11
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Sophisticated Techniques
“They will read all of your emails,” Dorothy Parvaz, describing sophisticated knowledge of social media during her interrogation in Iran. Her interrogator said he “began to believe” she might be who she said she was (a journalist, not a spy) after reading her Wikipedia page. Advice: if you are going to a country where you [...]
@trishanderton
trish anderton“A friend had taken a picture of me waving the Iranian flag, and that was so helpful.” @DorothyParvaz#behindbars#ona11
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@nrojas0131
Nicole RojasMT @trishanderton: It’s helpful for a friend to put up a Wikipedia page to establish your identity. @dparvaz#behindbars#ona11
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“If I get sent somewhere where I have written articles about people in power … I would before the trip I would change my by-line. Maybe go through my Twitter account to see if there are any I should delete… email to … make sure sources won’t be compromised… Try to be as truthful as possible… the truth is so much easier to remember.”
- Dorothy Parvaz
