Roxana Saberi's plight and American media propaganda

13-May-2009 (7 comments)

"One finds only a tiny fraction of news coverage in the U.S. regarding the treatment of al-Haj, Hussein, Jassam and these other imprisoned journalists as has been devoted to Saberi. It ought to be exactly the reverse: the American media should be far more interested in, and opposed to, infringements of press freedoms by the U.S. Government than by governments of other countries. Yet the former merits hardly a peep, while the latter provokes all sorts of smug and self-righteous protests from American journalists who suddenly discover their brave commitment to press freedoms when all that requires is pointing to a demonized, hated foreign government and complaining".

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One Law for them, None Law for US

by MEHRNAZ SHAHABI on Wed May 13, 2009 02:37 AM PDT

Glen Greenwald outlines the cases of Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Haj, who was kept in jail between 2001 to 2007 - that is for six year - without any charge or trial, the Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, who was kept in jail in Iraq for two years without charge. Greenwald refers to the documented findings of the Committee to Protect Journalists who led the effort to free Saberi that these are not isolated cases and there are at least eight cases documented by CPJ of Iraqi journalists who have been held by U.S. forces for weeks or months without charge or conviction. Of course the tragedy of Guantanomo and Abu Gharib jails too went down the black hole of amnesia of the USraeli propagandists and their cronies on this website. At least Saberi was not maltreated and was released with two year suspended sentence, following domestic and international pressure. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the fate of the victims of the US's arbitrary arrests and injustice, neither can it be said of any expression of concern and respect for journalistic and human rights by the US media and their 'human rights' corp on Iranian.com, in the face of numerous unwarranted arrests, maltreatment and imprisonment without charge of journalists and citizens of other nations.