Sunday, April 19, 2009
Iranian president intervenes for jailed journalists
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote to Tehran's prosecutor that the rights of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was jailed for eight years, and jailed Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, who has been behind bars since November, must not be violated in any way.
"Please take the necessary measures to ensure that the process of examining the charges against the aforementioned individuals are being carried out carefully and fairness, justice and regulations are observed," the president wrote in the letter to prosecutors.
"Please, personally observe the process to ensure that the defendants are allowed all legal rights and freedom in defending themselves and that their rights are not violated even by one iota," reported Iranian official government news agency Irna.
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