Posted on 05/25/2015 5:25:21 PM PDT by Dave346
Statement from Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron ahead of Jason Rezaian’s trial in Iran:
The shameful acts of injustice continue without end in the treatment of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian. Now we learn his trial will be closed to the world. And so it will be closed to the scrutiny it fully deserves.
It’s worth recalling what kind of system we’re dealing with. Jason was arrested without charges. He was imprisoned in Iran’s worst prison. He was placed in isolation for many months and denied medical care he needed. His case was assigned to a judge internationally notorious for human rights violations. He could not select the lawyer of his choosing. He was given only an hour and a half to meet with a lawyer approved by the court. No evidence has ever been produced by prosecutors or the court to support these absurd charges. The trial date was only disclosed to Jason’s lawyer last week. And now, unsurprisingly but unforgivably, it turns out the trial will be closed.
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And the administration could not manage to negotiate on his behalf, because THEY DON’T CARE!
whereas the left might be happy if it was a conservative reporter, we know better and can only hope this wakes up some liberal reporters to what a great country ours is and what a danger iran is.
Is the Post all-in on Obama’s nuclear kow-tow?
..and no f*cks were given until it was a LIBTARD reporter who was given the injustice. Wonder if his execution or flogging will wake a liberal rag up? not holding my breath. #sorry #notsorry
...they’re shocked that Iran is a horrible hell-hole?
But they still favor Iran getting the bomb right? :)
These guys (The Washington Post) love fascism and tyranny except for when it comes up and bites them. How about you guys join us in defending freedom for a change instead of empowering the fascists in our own country? We could use the help.
A liberal gets the result of his liberalism and I am to be upset? Nope. He’s a liberal, not an American.
what was he doing in that country anyways?
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