We’ve collected here some of the more noteworthy statements that have been issued recently about human rights abuses in Iran and specifically the crackdown against the media. They stand out among a myriad of forceful declarations, commentaries and reports because of their source or their message.
Maziar Bahari
"Let My Colleagues Go," 9 February 9 2010
Shirin EbadiStatement to UN Human Rights Council, 12 February 2010
Iranian Journalists to Foreign ColleaguesOpen Letter, February 2010
Elie Wiesel and 43 Nobel Prize LaureatesOpen Letter to Presidents Obama, Sarkozy and Medvedev; Prime Minister Brown and Chancellor Merkel: How Long Can we Stand Idly By and Watch the Scandal in Iran Unfold, 7 February 2010
Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN, Reporters Without Borders, Index on Censorship, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and the International Publishers Association Campaign to Press the Government of Iran to Release Imprisoned Journalists, 11 February 2010
Human Rights WatchIran: Crackdown’s
Torrent of Abuses, 10 February 2010
Amnesty InternationalCriticism of Iran for rejecting important recommendations by the United Nations to improve human rights in the country, 17 February 2010
Broadcasting Board of Governers, International Broadcasters Condemnation of Jamming, 12 February 2010
US Senator LiebermanUnited States has a "
principled responsibility" to help the people of Iran, 11February 2010
EU and USJoint
Statement Calling on Iran to Fulfill its Human Rights Obligations, 8 February 2010
EU ParliamentResolution on Situation in Iran, 10 February, 2010
Vaclav HavelInterview: Havel Expresses Solidarity with Iranian Demonstrators, 15 June 2009