In a letter to Mexican President Felipe Calderon, WAN called for an end to impunity for those who murder journalists, and for assurances that the right to freedom of expression will be protected in Mexico.
The letters have also been posted on WAN's World Press Freedom Day website, www.worldpressfreedomday.org, where they can be signed and sent by individuals who wish to join the letter-writing campaign. The site also contains a package of stories, editorials, advertisements, inforgraphics and other materials on the theme, "Journalists in the Firing Line," which are being published by newspapers worldwide to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.
The letters were sent to:
Iranian-American journalist Saberi has been sentenced to eight years in prison on trumped-up charges of spying for the American government and is currently on a hunger strike. Mirsayafi, a blogger who was serving a two-and-a-half year sentence for "insulting religious leaders", died in March under mysterious circumstances. Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photographer who was detained in 2003 after taking photos outside of Tehran's notorious Evin prison, died from a brain haemorrhage after being arrested and beaten inside the prison.
View all the letters at www.wan-press.org.