New
York, March 5, 2009--The
Committee to Protect Journalists has seen a groundswell of support for Roxana
Saberi, an American journalist who is being held without charge at Tehran's
Evin prison, through its Facebook
petition. Saberi, 31, was detained at the end of January and has not been
heard from since February 10. She is a freelance journalist who has worked for
multiple international news outlets from
CPJ has extended the deadline for signatures because after just two days more than 5,000 people have added their names to its call for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to use his power to make certain that Roxana Saberi receives due process and access to an attorney.
CPJ hopes to reach a total of
10,000 signatures. The petition will be delivered early next week to the
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in
To sign the petition and have your
voice heard, please visit CPJ's
Cause page on Facebook. If
you are not a member of Facebook but would still like to sign, please contact
CPJ directly.
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