Free Bilal Committee
کميته تلاش برای آزادی بلال حسين
بلال عضو تيم عکاسان Associated Press برنده جايزه پوليتزر 2005 از ۱۵ ماه پيش توسط
نيروهای آمريکايی دستگير شده و همچنان درزندان بغداد بسر مي برد.
در صورت تمايل برای آزادی بلال اينجا را امضا کنيد.
Dear all
I'm writing to ask for your help in the fight to free our photographer
colleague Bilal Hussein, of the Associated Press (AP), who has been in
jail
in Baghdad without charges for over a year.
You can find out more information in the site www.freebilal.org . But
to put
it simple Bilal was put in jail for taking pictures that the military
disliked. Bilal was one of the very few photographers who was able to
photograph the Iraqi insurgency. Several lawyers and editors of the AP
have
reviewed Bilal's work and the military's allegations and found no basis
to
accuse Bilal of anything but of doing committed journalism. AP
president and
CEO Tom Curley said it clearly: "But this is not about Bilal Hussein.
He is
an innocent victim. It is about the Associated Press. We are the
target.
Freedom of the press is the target."
I'm asking you to please take a moment to look at the site and if you
agree
with this fight add your name to the undersigners list in the ACT NOW
link.
The site hasn't been formally launched yet and the idea is to gather
signatures from around the world to make it a truly global effort.
Signatures will not appear after you sign in, but they will show early
next
week when we inaugurate the site.
Best,
Free Bilal Committee
