Amnesty International issued a statement calling for the release of journalist Masoud Kazemi.
سازمان عفو بین الملل همزمان با تایید حکم ۴.۵ زندان «مسعود کاظمی» روزنامه نگار و سردبیر ماهنامه «صدای پارسی»، با انتشار بیانیهای خواستار آزادی فوری و بدون قید و شرط این روزنامه نگار از زندان شد.
روز چهارشنبه ۱۶ مرداد، شعبه ۳۶ دادگاه تجدید نظر تهران حکم ۴.۵ زندان مسعود کاظمی را تائید کرد.
سازمان عفوبین الملل چهارشنبه شب با انتشار بیانیهای حکم صادر شده برای او که تنها به خاطر فعالیتهای حرفهای به عنوان یک روزنامهنگار صادر شده است را ناعادلانه اعلام کرد و از مقامات ایرانی خواست مسعود کاظمی را فورا و بدون قید و شرط آزاد کنند.
Shima Tadashi, a close associate of Massoud Kazemi, announced the news on her Twitter page on Wednesday, August 6, and wrote that "Masoud Kazemi's verdict was confirmed in its entirety in the appeals court. This is a gift to Massoud on the occasion of Journalist's Day, Massoud's contribution to journalism is unemployment and imprisonment."
حکم چهار سال و ۶ ماه زندان #مسعود_کاظمی در دادگاه تجدیدنظر تایید شد.
این حکم ناعادلانه تنها به خاطر فعالیتهای حرفهای مسعود کاظمی به عنوان یک #روزنامهنگار صادر شده است.
عفو بینالملل از مقامهای ایرانی میخواهد که او را فورا و بدون قید و شرط آزاد کنند.https://t.co/5E3maQUl2Y pic.twitter.com/Z8ijQGom23— Amnesty Iran (@AmnestyIran) August 7, 2019
Mr. Kazemi has been sentenced to two years in prison for spreading lies, two years for insulting the leadership, and six months for insulting other officials.
His lawyer had previously said that if the conviction is confirmed, the harshest punishment, two years in prison, will be imposed.
This journalist, who has also collaborated with Shargh and Qanon newspapers, was arrested by security agents at his home in Tehran in November last year. On Wednesday, June 1, after going to Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court to hear his case, he was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison due to his inability to pay bail of "one billion" Tomans.
Not long ago, a group of Iranian journalists called for the release of detained journalists Masoud Kazemi and Marzieh Amiri.
International human rights organizations and the United States government have also accused the Islamic Republic of violating freedom of expression and suppressing journalists, and have called for the release of journalists who have been imprisoned solely for carrying out their duties and jobs.
Source: Voice of America
