Apel w sprawie uwięzienia dziennikarzy irańskich
Stowarzyszenie Dziennikarzy Polskich i Centrum Monitoringu Wolności Prasy SDP protestują przeciwko zatrzymaniu irańskich dziennikarzy w ostatnich dniach. Apelujemy do władz irańskich o natychmiastowe zwolnienie aresztowanych i respektowanie prawa mediów do informowania opinii publicznej.
Nasz protest jest częścią apelu zorganizowanego przez Międzynarodową Federację Dziennikarzy z siedzibą w Brukseli. Należyty list zostanie też przekazany irańskiej ambasadzie w Warszawie.
Krystyna Mokrosińska, prezes SDP
Wiktor Świetlik, dyrektor CMWP
H.E Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President Islamic Republic of Iran
Tehran
C/O The Embassy of The Islamic Republic of Iran
in Warsaw
24 June 2009
Re: Release of Karim Arghandepour
Your Excellency,
On behalf of [ name of the affiliate], we write to express our deep concern about
news of the arrest of Karim Arghandepour, a well-known Iranian journalist who is
also an elected member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation
of Journalists (IFJ) of which we are affiliate.
According to the Association of Iranian Journalists, Karim was arrested along with
other journalists, including Jason (Lasson) Athanasiadis of Greece who was working
for the Washington Times, in the wake of protests and controversy that have
followed the recent presidential election.
We are also concerned for the safety of Ali Mazrooei, the Chair of the Association of
Iranian journalists, who is currently in hiding for his own personal security. Like other
journalists’ leaders he is fearful of being targeted by the authorities for his staunch
defence of journalists and their right to work independently.
These colleagues are in our minds during these difficult days when we have
witnessed targeting of media which has included the arbitrary arrest of Iranian
journalists, heavy restrictions imposed on national and foreign media, and the
unprecedented blocking of internet sites.
All of this is just cause for concern. These acts violate Iran’s commitments to
international standards of human rights, press freedom and freedom of expression
which are framed in the Iranian constitution.
On behalf of all members of [ name of the affiliate] we call on your government to
act: to immediately release Karim Arghandepour and all other Iranian journalists; to
lift the restrictions currently imposed on local and foreign media; and to restore
confidence in Iran’s commitment to protection of the free expression rights as set out
in the Constitution.
As a matter of urgency we ask you to guarantee the safety of Ali Mazrooei, Jason
(Lasson) Athanasiadis and all Iranian journalists so that they can all return to work
free of the threat of arrest and intimidation.
These steps are needed to lift the cloud currently hanging over Iranian journalism.
Yours sincerely
Stefan Truszczyński
General Secretary
Polish Journalist’s Association
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