Ida Reihani is the Communications Associate for the AFAR project at the Centre for Fundamental Rights. Prior to working at the Hertie School, she wrote for the Business Insider and Newsweek and produced documentaries centring on European politics and digital authoritarianism. Her production How Iran Target Activists Everywhere won Best Short Film in the first edition of the Press Play Prague Journalism Film Festival. For her work for the Business Insider, she won the Axel Springer Award for Change and was commended in the Press Gazette's British Journalism Awards in the Social Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion category. She holds a double Master's in Global Communication and International Journalism from Freie Universität Berlin and St Petersburg State University. Her research interests include digital transnational repression and human rights with a special focus on Iran.
