November 26, 2016
From VICENTE ZITO LEMA: To my colleagues, friends, compañeros:
Proposal of Solidarity
In my capacity as Co-Director of the Resumen Latinoamericano newspaper I am making an appeal urging you to stand in solidarity with my colleague, the journalist Carlos Aznárez and to repudiate this new maneuver to limit freedom of expression in our country. The prosecutors have already set up a date for the investigation against Carlos for this Monday, but because of the last minute appointment, his lawyers have requested postponement and we are assuming that they will stretch it out one more week, but it is clear that they are obviously in a big hurry to carry out this procedure.
We want to ask all the compañeros, media workers and other supportive people to join us in our protest against the encroachment on freedom of expression, which is being by mail to the public prosecutor (ASAP) the following text of protest:
To Prosecutors’ Office # 25
Case # 7271/15
I am Registering a Protest against the Attempt to Criminalize Journalist Carlos Aznárez and Restrict his Right of Freedom of Expression
I want to register a protest against the opening by the Delegation of Israelite Associations of Argentina (DAIA), of a criminal case against the journalist and director of “Resumen Latinoamericano”, Carlos Aznárez, who is being harassed for exercising his right to report and publicly express his solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The abuse has become more serious and significant by legal proceedings requiring him to turn over all his private Google e-mails as a journalist and the e-mails of the media he represents from July 2014 to date. This measure itself violates the right of privacy and the protection of sources of information that any professional communicator has in Argentina and in the world.
For these reasons I am asking you to cease this persecutory attempt that explicitly violates constitutional rights regarding freedom of expression and opinion. I express my complete solidarity with the journalist and Human Rights activist Carlos Aznárez, urging the prosecutors to stop the legal measures directed against him. I also request that cases like this are not repeated against any other media worker whose inherent function is to inform and to express their ideas freely.
Sincerely,
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Please send the letter to the Prosecutors email address at: [email protected]
Also send a blind copy of the letter to: [email protected]
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Source: Resumen Latinoamericano