Denouncing the World's Worst Jailer of Freedom of Expression
World Press Freedom Committee has joined with other press freedom groups for the release of journalists and writers imprisoned in Iran.
In 1978, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini told an interviewer: "Our society will be a free society, and all the elements of oppression, cruelty and force will be destroyed."
More journalists and writers are now in prison in Iran than in any other country in the world. And there has been a continuing brutal crackdown on press freedom since the disputed elections last summer.
In view of this extreme situation, international press freedom groups are launching a joint international campaign that will run from the anniversary of the revolution on 11 February to Iranian New Year on 20 March. This petition will be sent to Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad, as well as leading Iranian ministers.
We are not only concerned at the scale of arrests and detentions, but at the treatment of detainees. There are very credible reports of torture and solitary confinement.
You can find the petition on Facebook here. And more information about the campaign here.
In 1978, on the eve of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini told an interviewer: "Our society will be a free society, and all the elements of oppression, cruelty and force will be destroyed."
More journalists and writers are now in prison in Iran than in any other country in the world. And there has been a continuing brutal crackdown on press freedom since the disputed elections last summer.
In view of this extreme situation, international press freedom groups are launching a joint international campaign that will run from the anniversary of the revolution on 11 February to Iranian New Year on 20 March. This petition will be sent to Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad, as well as leading Iranian ministers.
We are not only concerned at the scale of arrests and detentions, but at the treatment of detainees. There are very credible reports of torture and solitary confinement.
You can find the petition on Facebook here. And more information about the campaign here.
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