(RSF/IFEX) – The summons requiring journalist Emadoldin Baghi to appear before the Tehran Revolutionary Court on 12 May 2005 has been suspended following a national and international outcry, his lawyer Saleh Nikbakhata announced. RSF said that despite the cancellation, the organisation would remain “very vigilant.” “The Iranian court system is capable of deciding at any […]
(RSF/IFEX) – The summons requiring journalist Emadoldin Baghi to appear before the Tehran Revolutionary Court on 12 May 2005 has been suspended following a national and international outcry, his lawyer Saleh Nikbakhata announced.
RSF said that despite the cancellation, the organisation would remain “very vigilant.” “The Iranian court system is capable of deciding at any moment to issue a new summons and imprison [Baghi]. We call on the international community, on the eve of presidential elections, to keep up pressure on Iran, by raising the plight of all imprisoned journalists and those who suffer judicial and police harassment, like Emadoldin Baghi,” RSF said.
Nikbakhata told RSF that he had protested against his client’s sentence in December 2004 and called for Baghi’s prison term to be commuted to a fine, in view of the fact that he had previously been tried on the same charge.
The lawyer opened negotiations with Tehran Prosecutor Said Mortazavi, who told him he would obtain Baghi’s file from the court for “verification.”
