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Iran media activists urge new prosecutor to free detained journalists

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Media workers and reformists are urging Iran's new prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolat-Abadi to remove bans placed on newspapers and to free journalists who were imprisoned during the term of his predecessor, Saeed Mortazavi, according to a letter posted Saturday on the website of leading reform party Mosharekat. The letter was accompanied by more than 300 signatures of support. Mortasavi is believed to have closed down around 120 news publications and has overseen the trials of more than 100 individuals out of more than 4,000 who were arrested during recent political protests. It is not entirely clear how many journalists are currently being held, but a source told Reuters that there may be as many 38 still in custody. Last week Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani removed Mortazavi from office, for reasons which are still unclear. Larijani, who himself was appointed early last month amid protests over the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, chose Dolat-Abadi, a former provincial judiciary head, as Tehran's new prosecutor general.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on September 06, 2009 (boomark / email).