- Target:
- UN, Ban ki-Moon, OHCHR, Navi Pillay, Ahmed Shaheed, EU, European Parliament, State Department, HRW
- Region:
- Iran
On July 8, 2014 it was reported that Iranian journalist Sajedeh Arabsorkhi was summoned to prison to being serving her one-year sentence on politically-motivated charges. Sajedeh is the daughter of prominent reformist Feizollah Arabsorkhi and the sister of activist Fatemeh Arabsorkhi. both of whom have also been prisoners of conscience.
Sajedeh Arabsorkhi is but one of many journalists currently imprisoned in the Islamic Republic of Iran. She is also one of several women journalists to have been singled out for persecution in the past few months, including Reyhaneh Tabatabaei, Saba Azarpeik and Marzieh Rasouli.
WHEREAS: Iranian journalist Sajedeh Arabsorkhi is a prisoner of conscience arrested solely for the peaceful pursuit of her career as an independent journalist and her rights to freedom of expression;
AND WHEREAS: Her conviction and imprisonment are thus ILLEGAL under Articles 18 and 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (to which Iran is a signatory) as well as Article 24 of the Iranian Constitution;
THEREFORE: We, the undersigned, demand that the international community at all levels bring all possible pressure to bear upon the Islamic Republic of Iran to IMMEDIATELY and UNCONDITIONALLY release Sajedeh Arabsorkhi, reverse her illegal condition and drop all charges against her.
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The Free Iranian Journalist Sajedeh Arabsorkhi petition to UN, Ban ki-Moon, OHCHR, Navi Pillay, Ahmed Shaheed, EU, European Parliament, State Department, HRW was written by John S. Burke and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.