Free Maziar Bal'iari: 100 globaljournalists petition Iran- Con'nthtee to Pr... http://cpj .org/2009/07/free-mazlar-baharl-100-global-jourxialists-petifionphp C Committee to ProtectJournalists Defending Journal is: s Worldwide Free Maziar Bahari: 100 global journalists petition Iran July 15, 2009 His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Justice Ministry Pazdah-Khordad (Ark) Square Tehran, Iran By fax: 982122290151 Your Excellency: We are writing to express our grave concern at the detention of our esteemed fellow journalist Maziar Bahari and to request his immediate release. Mr. Bahari has been detained since June 21. No charges have been brought against him, and he has not been granted access to a lawyer. As one of the most impartial and committed journalists in his field, he has reported regularly over the past decade from the Middle East, principally from Iran and Iraq, and provided consistently balanced and insightful reports. As an award-winning documentary filmmaker, he has earned global respect for his work. We request that he be immediately released from custody and be allowed to resume his work. As a journalist, he was engaged in fulfilling his professional duties, reporting on critical events following the elections. At a minimum, he is entitled to the full protection of the laws of Iran, including the right to legal counsel. The Islamic Republic of Iran's domestic laws recognize the right to free expression. Iran was also one of the first countries in the world to ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees all individuals the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media. As leading international journalists and editors who wish to ensure that our fellow professionals are permitted to do their work safely and freely, we ask you to consider this petition and return Mr. Bahari to his family, friends, and colleagues without further delay. Sincerely, Nada Adessamad, Lebanon Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, AI-Arabiya 1 of 5 03/08 2010 14:10
Free Maziar Bahari: 100 global jornnalists petition Iran - Committee to Pr... http://cpj .org/2009/07/free-maziar-bahari-100-global-jorn-nalists-petitionphp Mansoor Al-Jamri, Al-Wasat, Bahrain Abdul Karim Al-Khaiwani, Yemen Walid Al-Oman, Al-Jazeera Christiane Amanpour, CNN Jamal Amer, Al-Wasat, Yemen Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker Ali Anouzla, Al-Jarida Al-Oula, Morocco Sally Armstrong, Macleans, Canada Abdul Ban Atwan, Al-Quds Al-Arabi Omar Belhouchet, Al-Watan, Algeria Ahmed Reda Benchemsi, TeiQuel and Nishan, Morocco Mohamed Benchicou, Algeria Sihem Bensedrine, Kalima, Tunisia Mehmet Ali Birand, CNN TURK Taoufik Bouachrine, Akhbar el-Youm, Morocco Ali Bulac Zaman, Turkey Tony Burman, Al-Jazeera English Ian Buruma, Bard College Lydia Cacho, Mexico Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Con fidencial, Nicaragua Doha Chams, Al-Akhbar, Lebanon Ying Chan, Hong Kong Noam Chomsky, U.S. Daniel Coronell, Noticias Uno, Colombia Marites Danguilan Vitug, Newsbreak, The Philippines Nicholas Dawes, Mail and Guardian, South Africa Redi Direko, Radio 702, South Africa Ibrahim Eissa, Al-Dustour, Egypt Gamal Fahmy, Egypt 2 of5 03/08 2010 14:10
Free Maziar Bahari: 100 global jornnalists petition Iran - Committee to Pr... http://cpj .org/2009/07/free-maziar-bahari-100-global-jorn-nalists-petitionphp Lucio FIavio Pinto, Jornal Pessoal, Brazil Yousri Fouda, Egypt Tom Friedman, The New York Times Sami Ghaleb, Al-Nida, Yemen Murtada Ghali, Ajras Al-Hurriya, Sudan Hussein Abdel Ghani, Al-Jazeera MOnica Gonzalez, CIPER, Chile Gustavo Gorriti, Peru Alma Guillermoprieto, Mexico Lotfi Hajji, Al-Jazeera Brian Hungwe, Zimbabwe Boubakir Jamai, Le Journal, Morocco Josef Joffe, Die Zeit, Germany Chaitanya Kalbag, India Hisham Kassem, EOHR, Egypt Rachid Khechana, Al-Mawkif, Tunisia Elias Khoury, An-Nahar, Lebanon Kyung-Ho Kim, Journalists Association of Korea Sami Kohen, Milliyet, Turkey Ted Koppel, U.S. Mohamed Krichene, Al-Jazeera Daoud Kuttab, Palestine Andrei Lipsky, Novaya Gazeta, Russia Linden Maclntyre, CBC, Canada Amadou Mahtar Ba, All Africa Peter Mansbridge, CBC, Canada Daniele Mastrog iacomo, La Repubblica, Italy Veran Matic, B92, Serbia Wilf Mbanga, The Zimbabwean 3 of5 03/08 2010 14:10
Free Maziar Bahari: 100 global jornnalists petition Iran - Committee to Pr... http://cpj .org/2009/07/free-maziar-bahari-100-global-jorn-nalists-petitionphp Adam Michnik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland John Micklethwait, The Economist Roula Mikkaeil, Maharat, Lebanon Javier Moreno, El Pals Caroline Mutoko, Kiss FM, Kenya Adela Navarro Bello, Zeta, Mexico Fintan OToole, Irish Times Carol Off, CBC, Canada Mariane Pearl, France Teodoro Petkoff, Tal Cual, Venezuela Alan Philps, U.K. Cristian Tudor, Popescu, Gândul, Romania Vladimir Pozner, Independent Journalist, Russia Antonia Rados, RTL Germany Sergio RamIrez, Nicaragua Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan Neziha Rejiba, Kalima, Tunisia Lloyd Robertson, CTV News, Canada Fernando Rodrigues, Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil Pierre Rousselin, Le Figaro Fabrice Rousselot, Liberation Rana Sabbagh-Gargour, Jordan Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh, Al-A yyam, Sudan Daniel Santoro, ClarIn, Argentina Enrique Santos, El Tiempo, Colombia Fernando Savater, Spain Roberto Saviano, Italy Khaled Sergany, Al-Dostour, Egypt Najam Sethi, Daily Times, Pakistan 4 of5 03/08 2010 14:10
Free Maziar Baliari: 100 globaljournalists petition Iran- Contthtee to Pr ,.. http://cpj org/2009/07/free-mazlar-bahari-100-globa l-journa lists-pe t ifionphp Sabam Siagian, Jakarta Post, Indonesia Sigrun Slapgard, Norwegian Broadcasting Organisation Jon Snow, Channel 4, U.K. John Stackhouse, The Globe and Mail, Canada Paul Steiger, ProPublica, U.S. Ndey Tapha Sosseh, Gambia Press Union Tarun Tejpal, Tehelka, India Manuel Vázquez Portal, Cuba Franco Venturini, Corriere della Sera, Italy Horacio Verbitsky, PAginal l2, Argentina Jiang Weiping, China Lal Wickrematunge, Sunday Leader, Sri Lanka KaremYehya, Egypt Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek Faride Zeran, Chile Click here to read this petition in Farsi (http:llcpj.orqlMaziar%2OBahari%2OPetition%2OFarsi.pdf ) (pdf) July 15, 2009 10:00 AM ET I Permalink (http:llcpi.orq/200 glO7lfree-maziar-bahari-100-qlobal- lournalists-petition.php ) 5 of5 03/08 2010 14:10