A Campaign to Free Writers and Journalists Imprisoned in Iran
Our future society will be a free society, and all the elements of oppression, cruelty, and force will be destroyed,
Ayatollah Khomeini told the German magazine Der Spiegel, on November 7, 1978.
In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic,
Khomeini told international reporters two days later on November 9.
Our Mission
Today, Iran is far from free and dissenting views are being crushed using brute force. In the crackdown following the disputed June 12 elections, dozens of journalists and writers were rounded up and imprisoned. In fact, more writers and journalists are jailed in Iran than any other country in the world.
Some are established independent writers. Some are journalists linked to the opposition. About half of them are bloggers. And all imprisoned unjustly, without due process.
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