Press freedom organizations and the organizers of the International Journalism Festival (IJF) called on Iran on Tuesday to release Italian journalist Cecilia Sala with immediate effect.
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“Iran has a long and ignominious history of jailing journalists” said CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg. “Cecilia Sala’s arrest is a powerful reminder of the daily threats faced by those reporting in and about Iran and she and all those wrongfully detained by Iran should be released immediately."
“The detention presents all the characteristics of arbitrary detention,” said Thibaut Bruttin, RSF Director General. “We are also concerned about her conditions of detention as she is held in solitary confinement in Evin prison...
“Cecilia is a highly respected journalist and should not be used as a political pawn,” said festival co-founder and director Arianna Ciccone. “Iran has silenced her voice by putting her in jail and this is unacceptable.”
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