In einer Kampagne fordert das Komitee zum Schutz der Journalisten die Freilassung von inhaftierten Journalisten in einer gemeinsamen Aktion mit Studenten der Universität Maryland (Der Bundesstaat Maryland ist direkt an der Grenze zu Washington DC. Die Hauptstadt Baltimore wächst mit Washington zu Washingmore oder Baltiton).
Mindestens 221 Journalisten sind zur Zeit in Haft.
In der unten stehenden Liste werden Journalisten aufgeführt, die beschuldigt wurden, staatsfeindliche Aktivität begangen zu haben.Gegen zwei davon liegen gar keine Beschuldigung vor.
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Press Uncuffed: Free the Press
Campaign
Collaboration
with University of Maryland students highlights journalists jailed
worldwide
New York, March 26, 2015-The Committee to Protect Journalists today
launched the Press
Uncuffed: Free the Press campaign at the Newseum
in Washington to raise awareness about journalists imprisoned around
the world in connection with their coverage of news in the public
interest. The campaign, conducted in partnership with students at the
University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism,
highlights nine emblematic cases of imprisoned journalists and calls
for their release. At least 221 journalists were behind bars when CPJ
conducted its most
recent prison census.
"These journalists were imprisoned for
doing their jobs by governments fearful of a free press," said
CPJ Advocacy Director Courtney Radsch. "By recognizing these
nine intrepid journalists-most of whom were jailed on anti-state or
retaliatory charges-we hope to increase public pressure for their
release and draw attention to the hundreds of others who have been
silenced by their governments."
The journalists featured in the campaign have
been imprisoned on anti-state or retaliatory charges. Two are being
held without charge. They are:
- Ilham Tohti, China,
2014
- Bheki Makhubu,
Swaziland, 2014
- Reeyot Alemu,
Ethiopia, 2011
- Khadija Ismayilova,
Azerbaijan, 2014
- Jason Rezaian, Iran,
2014
- Yusuf Ruzimuradov,
Uzbekistan, 1999
- Mahmoud Abou Zeid
(Shawkan), Egypt, 2013
- Ta Phong Tan, Vietnam,
2011
- Ammar Abdulrasool,
Bahrain, 2014
The students, under the leadership of Knight
chair at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism and Pulitzer
Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Dana
Priest, developed the idea of designing, producing, and selling
bracelets bearing the names of the jailed journalists, and have
launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to raise
money to produce the bracelets. The campaign funds will be donated to
CPJ. Learn more at www.pressuncuffed.org.
Join us in taking
action to help these journalists and call on repressive governments
to #FreeThePress.
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