Free Media Union announces its support for the YRJ campaign

The Women's Media Union YRJ announced the launch of a campaign to collect signatures under the slogan "No to the Death Penalty", in protest against the sentences issued against female activists and journalists detained in Iranian state prisons, which began on August 12 and will continue until the 19th.

The Free Media Union issued a statement today, announcing its joining the campaign and calling for its support.

The union's statement read:

"As a result of the Iranian authorities' practices and unjust sentences against journalists and activists, the latest of which was issued about two weeks ago, when the authorities sentenced journalist Bakhshan Azizi and activist Sharifeh Mohammadi to death for doing their journalistic work defending the right and conveying the truth.

Following this, we issued a statement condemning these unjust sentences that will undermine the profession of media and journalism, whether in Iran or elsewhere. We support journalists in all countries of the world and stand by their humanitarian work.

Today, we announce our joining the campaign launched by the Women's Media Union (YRJ), which includes collecting signatures under the slogan "No to the Death Penalty" in protest against the sentences issued against activists and journalists detained in Iranian state prisons, which began on the 12th and 19th of this month.

In our role as a professional union institution concerned with journalism, we call on all human rights organizations, women's movements, and organizations concerned with journalism and journalists to support and join the campaign.

We also call again Human rights organizations concerned with journalistic affairs and humanitarian affairs should seek to help journalists sentenced to these unjust sentences in order to expedite the cancellation of the sentences issued against them and grant them their stolen freedom.

T/ Satt.

ANHA