The world must not remain silent

The seven institutions of the Alliance of International Production Houses are following with great dismay the deadly events in Iran, where protesters who are courageously standing up for their fundamental human rights are being brutally suppressed and murdered. 

2023, the Alliance of International Production Houses opened the online gallery Voices Iran, in which Iranian artists presented and reflected on their situation with various works and gained visibility.

In the wake of the recent protests, the Iranian authorities have shut down the internet in the country: people can no longer communicate, organise themselves, help and support each other. Now that communication has been silenced, violence is taking hold. We must not allow state censorship and systematic silencing to become instruments of murder against the population. 

That is why we jointly support the petition When the internet is shut down, gunfire begins, addressed to the International Internet community, the ITU and the United Nations.