Press censorship in 'free Europe'

Press TV launches facebook petition to save news channel in Europe

Press TV has launched a Facebook petition to save the news channel across Europe after European satellite provider Eutelsat SA stopped the broadcast of several Iranian satellite channels on the order of the European Commission.

Press TV,

16 October, 2012

In a blatant violation of freedom of speech, the company ordered media services company, Arqiva, to take the Iranian satellite channels off one of its Hot Bird frequencies on Monday. 
 
The decision follows months of jamming of Iranian channels by European satellite companies. 
 
Iranian news channels affected by the decision only aimed to break the West’s monopoly on news broadcast by reflecting the voice of the oppressed people to the world. 
 
The illegal move by Eutelsat SA, therefore, is a step to silence all alternative news outlets representing the voice of the voiceless. 
 
Press TV calls on its supporters to join the campaign and back the news channel by liking the petition and leaving comments at the following address in order to protect the free speech in Europe: 
 
Save Press TV in Europe 

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'EU ban on Iran media step towards military intervention'

Nineteen Iranian state-run TV and radio stations have been taken off air in the EU. The decision by a leading satellite provider comes as European officials imposed new sanctions against Tehran.

They're targeting Iran's banking sector and energy trade and are aimed at making it curb its suspected nuclear weapons program.

Political analyst Chris Bambery says the measure is simply an attack on freedom of speech.