Remember Reza Moradi? He was the man arrested at the free speech demonstration in Trafalgar Square, for holding a placard displaying the Danish Mohammed cartoons.
Like many people, I assumed that the charges had been quietly dropped. Not so, I'm afraid. It appears that the defenders of our liberty and security are determined to prosecute Reza. The case has not come to court yet because the police say that they are still gathering evidence, although what more they will find two months after the event is anyone's guess.
The National Secular Society has fixed Reza up with a good lawyer who has agreed to take the case without payment. Writing on Maryam Namazie's blog, Reza says:
We want to make sure this case gets its day in court and that with your support - with the support of all those who seek justice when our civil liberties and freedoms are under attack - we will win and raise the banner of unconditional freedoms higher than ever before.We fight both the political Islamic movement and the laws that support it and provide it with cover to make sure there can be no justification and excuse for such attacks on human values again.I will keep you posted. I will be needing your support in defence of free expression and against political Islam's encroachment on universal values.
If and when this case gets to court we will need to make sure that it gets as much publicity as possible and that people are outside the court to give him moral support.
If you want to send Reza a message of support, his email is rezamoradi@gmail.com.
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