Ganji gaining more Support

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It seems that the Akbar Ganji's 44 day and counting hunger strike against the tyrants of Iran in Tehran's Evin prison has drawn more moral support from Vaclav Havel, a heavy hitter when it comes to the issue of human rights. Just look at what Eli Lake wrote in The New York Sun about how Havel's support has steeled Ganji's fight and provides a shot of confidence into the arm of the pro-democracy movement in Iran:

Mr. Ganji's case has attracted international attention in recent weeks. On July 21, a former Czech president, Vaclav Havel, joined world leaders and dozens of intellectuals in calling on the Islamic Republic to release Mr. Ganji unconditionally from prison. In a letter to Mr. Khamenei, Mr. Havel, along with a former Spanish prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, and the two American chairmen of the Committee on the Present Danger, wrote: "We are concerned that Mr. Ganji's imprisonment is due only to the exercise of his right to freedom of expression as guaranteed by Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As your county has ratified this Covenant, we ask that you reconsider Mr. Ganji's case, which is further mitigated by his ill health, and that you order his unconditional release at this time."

I love that Havel has cast himself in Ganji's fight but find it more heartening that Jose Maria Aznar, the former PM of Spain; George P. Shultz, former US Secretary of State; and James Woolsey, former Director of US Central Intelligence have also joined in calling for Ganji's release. Here's the letter, if you want to read it. You can really understand how the call for freedom doesn't just emanate with former dissidents but from various people who understand how powerful democracy and freedom would be a force of good to Iran and the world in general. I for one, encourage everyone to voice their support for Ganji's struggle for freedom by urging their US Congressman and Senators to step up and vouch their support for man's universal rights of Life, Liberty and Property. So get going and help me spread the Fire of Liberty.