Washington D.C. – VOA, January 01, 2025
Press freedom groups and media organizations are calling for Iran to release an Italian journalist who was arrested last month.
Cecilia Sala, who works for the daily Italian newspaper Il Foglio, was arrested on Dec. 19 and is being held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison. The 29-year-old was reporting in Iran on a journalist visa and was due to return to Italy on Dec. 20.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, said Sala’s jailing underscores Tehran’s harsh suppression of independent journalism in the country.
“Sala’s arrest is a powerful reminder of the daily threats faced by those reporting in and about Iran, and she and all those wrongfully detained by Iran should be released immediately,” CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg said Tuesday in a statement.
