Friday April 21,2006
News update- Gooya newsonline reporting from ISNA :




Gold pen will be awarded to Ganji !

The spokesperson for the "Association in Defense of Freedom of Press in Iran " reported that the central council of the association have decided to present the Year 1384 ( Iranian calendar starts with the birth of prophet Mohammad ) the last years award to Akbar Ganji .

Mr. Mashaulah Shamsolvaezin in speaking with ISNA news agency have said: The central council of the "Association in Defense of Freedom of Press" in its recent session have decided for the valuable services of Mr. Ganji to the freedom of expression and its trend in Iran and also his resistance and persistance in this regard and enduring many years of imprisonment and pressure as well as depriviation from working in media, to present him with the gold pen of year 1384 .

The ceremony to present Mr. Ganji with gold pen will take place on the world press freedom day (May the 3rd) . Mr. Shamsulvaezin also said that; the association soon will hold its extraordinary general meeting for few amendment to its constitution .
Mr. Shamsolvaezin also said that ; the Association in Defense of Press Freedom is worried about the trend of the dismissal of several journalists from the news sites for what has been alleged as the political tendencies .

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IRAN WATCH CANADA
Link to this news in Farsi:
http://www.iran-emrooz.net/index.php?/news2/more/8016/