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JOURNALISTS UNION OF ATHENS DAILY NEWSPAPERS (ESIEA)
SUPPORT TO PROFESSOR TAKI ALEXIOU (Greek
original:
http://www.esiea.gr/gr/2arxeio/2006/01/19.htm)
24th of
January 2006
The Board of Directors of ESIEA joins its voice
with every other democratic voice in order to express their support to Professor
Taki Alexiou who has been given a 25 month sentence by the court of First
Instance in Rhodes, in spite of the Court Prosecutor¢s own request for his
acquittal. His trial at the Court of Appeal is pending.
Professor
Alexiou, founder of the Greek Rumi Committee is condemned because this Committee
is considered to be a “heresy”, which poses a threat to the religion and
national identity of the country. However, it is well known that the Greek Rumi
Committee¢s goal is solely the study of the works of the great poet and
philosopher Rumi.
The Board of Directors believes that the free
articulation of ones ideas and thoughts is secured by the Constitution and by no
means is any kind of threat. On the contrary, it is an element that
characterizes every democratic form of government.
The restriction of the
freedom of expression and information can only lead to trouble for both
democracy and civilians.
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