Reporters sans frontires - Call for release of two imprisoned journalists

Reporters sans frontires - Iran: "Reporters Without Borders called today for the immediate release of reformist Iranian Arab journalist Yosef Azizi Banitrouf, who was arrested in a raid on his home on 25 April. It also demanded the release of dissident journalist Reza Alijani, expressing 'great concern' about his deteriorating health after two years in prison.
'We strongly deplore the arrest of Banitrouf, who was simply expressing his personal opinion in articles and in interviews given to other newspapers,' it said. 'As soon as a journalist speaks out in Iran, the authorities crack down, either by closing the paper concerned or throwing the journalist in prison.
'There are now 12 journalists and cyber-dissidents in jail in Iran, which remains the Middle East's biggest prison for journalists.' "