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JOURNALISTS PETITION FOR RELEASE OF
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We, the undersigned, are colleagues of Daniel Pearl, who has become a captive while reporting for The Wall Street Journal in Pakistan. Like Daniel himself, we are journalists. As he used to, we report on events in the Middle East. We are Americans, Arabs, and others, who have spent many years, in some cases lifetimes, in the Arab part of the Islamic world. We would like to state without hesitation that Daniel is a professional journalist of the highest standard. During his own assignment covering the Arab part of the Muslim world, he worked with honesty, courage, and independence of mind to write the truth about the conflicts and problems of the region as he saw it. Like the rest of us, he did his best to convey the opinions and emotions of the people of the region. We are dismayed by, and reject, accusations that Daniel is employed in any capacity other than as a professional journalist. He is in no way responsible for any actions or opinions other than his own. We affirm the rights of journalists everywhere--be they Western, Arab, Muslim, or any other nationality and religion--to perform their vital tasks without being subject to accusations and threats. Daniel's safe release will enable you to realize this goal. Signed: Ahmed Abdelmalik, Al Sharq, Doha Mohammed al Ali, Al Jazeera, Doha Christiane Amanpour, CNN, London Ibrahim al Amin, As Safir, Beirut Terry Anderson, New York Fouzi al Asmar, Washington DC Abdul Bari Atwan, Al Quds Al Arabi, London Mehmet Ali Birand, CNN Turk, Istanbul Bill Blakemore, ABC News, New York Tom Brokaw, NBC News, New York Cengiz Candar, Yeni Safak, Istanbul John K. Cooley, Athens Youssef Darwish, Al Raya, Doha Raghida Dergham, Al Hayat, New York Christopher Dickey, Newsweek, Paris James M. Dorsey, The Wall Street Journal, Riyadh Charles Glass, London Sami Haddad, Al Jazeera, London Assad Haydar, Al Moustaqbal, Paris Ibrahim Helal, Al Jazeera, Doha David Hirst, The Guardian, Cyprus Fehmi Howeidi, Al Ahram, Cairo Ali Jaber, Future TV, Beirut Peter Jennings, ABC News, New York Hisham Kassem, Cairo Times, Cairo Khairallah Khairallah, London Jamal Khashoggi, Arab News, Jeddah Jihad al Khazen, Al Hayat, London Sami Kleib, As Safir, Paris Fehmi Koru, Yeni Safak, Istanbul Mohammed Krishene, Al Jazeera, Doha Kamal Eddin Labidi, Cairo Times, Cairo John Lancaster, The Washington Post, Washington DC Khaled al-Maeena, Arab News, Jeddah Scott MacLeod, Time Magazine, Cairo Hisham Milhem, As Safir, Washington DC Hafez al-Mirazi, Al Jazeera, Washington DC Ray Moseley, Chicago Tribune, London Jamil Mroue, Daily Star, Beirut Salama al-Nemaat, Al Hayat & Radio Monte Carlo, Amman Jonathan Randal, Paris Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Ash Sharq Al Awsat, London Dan Rather, CBS News, New York Eric Rouleau, Paris Salama Ahmed Salama, Al Ahram, Cairo Howard Schneider, The Washington Post, Cairo Charles Sennott, Boston Globe, London Hani Shukrallah, Al Ahram Weekly, Cairo Gebran Tueni, An Nahar, Beirut Mike Wallace, CBS News, New York  |