El Comité para la Protección de los Bloggers organiza un dia mundial para obtener la liberación de dos bloggers iraníes

Ups!!!! He distribuido esta carta a cientos de sitios, pero se me olvidó publicarla en mi 'diario personal'.

Bueno nunca es tarde.
Tal vez antes de leerla sea útil escuchar el reportaje y entrevista en la radio a Curt y a Julian Pain de Reporteros sin Fronteras en BBC/PRI


Sunday, February 13, 2004

Contact: Curt Hopkins, Director

The Committee to Protect Bloggers
Phone: (541) 729-4146
Email the Director





FREE MOJTABA AND ARASH DAY SET FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22



The Committee to Protect Bloggers has set Tuesday, February 22nd as "Free Mojtaba and Arash Day."



Arash Sigarchi is still in Lakan prison in the Iranian city of Rashat.



Fellow Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad has been released from prison in Tehran but still faces charges.



They have both been deprived of their liberty by the Iranian government for expressing opinions on their blogs.



Here is what we encourage you to do:



a.. Dedicate your blog for the entire day to Mojtaba and Arash. Write only about their situation, and the danger to bloggers in general, or leave your blog blank with just the demand, "Free Mojtaba and Arash!" on it. This is the major action. If you do nothing else, do this. Let there be a pause in the daily business of the blogosphere in the name of freedom.

a.. Download one of our banners (or here) or buttons and post it on your page.

a.. Sponsor get-togethers, in cyberspace or in real space.

a.. Write letters and emails to representatives of the Iranian government. (and here) and to representatives of your own. Request that Arash be freed and Mojtaba's charages be dismissed.

a.. Call local and national press. Let them know what is happening.

a.. If you're feeling particular ambitious, take your message outside. Make a sign, be seen, deliver letters in person to representatives of the Iranian government or to your own.

A former Iranian blogger detainee, Sina Motallebi, credited the efforts of bloggers for his release. Let's do it again. For Arash and Mojtaba.



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 IS FREE MOJTABA AND ARASH DAY