The Executive Committee of
the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), meeting in London
on 14-15 November, called on Iranian
leadership to release detained journalists, open the office of the Association
of Iranian Journalists and lift all
restrictions to journalists' freedom of movement in and out of Iran.
In a letter to the highest
authorities in Tehran,
the IFJ Executive Committee members expressed their concern over the violations
of press freedom in the country and denounced arbitrary arrests and detentions
of journalists which reached unprecedented levels in the wake of the
disputed presidential elections in June.
The Committee's letter followed the IFJ campaign for the release of Iranian
journalists which has received backing from many affiliates and was
particularly endorsed by the Federation's members in the Middle East and the
Arab world in their meeting held in Amman, Jordan
in October.
"The IFJ members' response to
the campaign for the release of Iranian
colleagues has been tremendous," said Jim Boumelha,
IFJ President. "It will take this kind of unwavering solidarity to
secure freedom of our colleagues in Iran."
Please click here to read the IFJ Executive Committee's letter to Iranian leadership
The IFJ Campaign for the
release of Iranian journalists was
supported by the following members:
1.
Svenska Journalistförbundet/Swedish
Union of Journalists
2.
All India Newspaper Employees
Federation,
3.
CWA/SCA - The Newspaper Guild Canada
4. Australia: Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
5.
National Union of Journalists - Great Britain
(NUJ)
6.
Association des Journalistes du Burkina Faso
7.
Progressive Journalists Association Turkey (CDG)
8.
Federation of Nepali Journalists
9.
Forum of Mauritian Journalists
10. New Zealand
-Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union
11. Kuwait
Journalists Association
12. Belgian
Journalists Association (AGJPB)
13.
Dutch Association of Journalists (NVJ)
14.
Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ)
15.
Union of Cyprus
Journalists (UCJ)
16. Danish Union of
Journalists (DUJ)
17.
Asociación de Periodistas Vascos
18.
Federación de Asociaciones de
Periodistas de España (FAPE)
19.
Asociacion de la Prensa de Almeria (AP-APAL).
20.
Asociación de la Prensa de Tenerife
21.
Bahrain Journalists' Association
22. Hong Kong Journalists Association will join the action.
23. Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions
24. Austria: Autriche: Gewerkschaft de Privatangelstellten, Druck, Journalismus,
Papier
25.
Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ)
26.
Deutsche Journalistinnen- und Journalisten-Union dju in ver.di
27.
Federación de Periodistas de América Latina y el Caribe
(FEPALC)
28. Asociación
Nacional de Periodistas de Peru (ANPP)
29. Polish
Journalists Association (SDP)
30. Union
of Bulgarian Journalists (UBJ)
31. Journalists
Association UAE (UAE- JA)
32. National
Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)
33.
National Union of Journalists - Nepal
34.
Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS)
35.
Syndicat National de la Presse Marocaine (SNPM)
36.
Iraqi Journalists' Union (IJU)
37.
Kurdistan Journalists Syndicate
(KJS - Iraqi Kurdistan)
38.
Syndicat National des Journalistes - Algeria (SNJ)
39.
Sudanese Journalists' Union (SJU)
40.
Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate (YJS)
41.
Jordan Press Association
(JPA)
42.
Oman Journalists Association (OJA)
43.
Libyan Journalists Association (LJS)
44.
Sindicato Nacional de Redactores de la Prensa de México
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