The Daily Star - Politics - NGO seeks to stop execution of 2 journalists in Iran

The Daily Star - Politics - NGO seeks to stop execution of 2 journalists in Iran: "NGO seeks to stop execution of 2 journalists in Iran
By Agence France Presse (AFP)

Thursday, July 26, 2007

PARIS: A global press freedoms watchdog urged the international community Wednesday to intervene to stop the execution of two Kurdish journalists sentenced to death in Iran. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Adnan Hassanpur and Abdolvahed 'Hiva' Botimar were sentenced to death on July 16 by a revolutionary court in Marivan, in Iran's eastern Kurdistan region. Both wrote for the magazine Aso (Horizons), before it was banned in August 2005. Hassanpur, who published several articles on the sensitive issue of Kurdistan and gave interviews to foreign media including Voice of America, was found guilty of espionage and 'subverting national security.' His colleague Botimar is also a member of the environmental NGO Sabzchia, according to RSF, which urged the 'international community to demand that Iran review its decision and not execute these two men.' - AFP

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