About DISSIDENTS UNDER FIRE
THE WEBSITE FEATURES PEOPLE WHO MEET OUR STRICT, TOTALLY INDEPENDENT AND CAREFULLY-RESEARCHED CRITERIA FOR BEING DECLARED ‘DISSIDENTS UNDER FIRE’. THEY ARE DISSIDENTS OF CONSCIENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
WE HAVE STRONG EVIDENCE THAT PUBLICITY CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT IN SAVING A DISSIDENT’S LIFE, REDUCING HIS OR HER PERIOD IN CAPTIVITY, OR SETTING THE DISSIDENT FREE.
QUALIFYING CRITERIA FOR ANY PERSON TO BE DECLARED A ‘DISSIDENT UNDER FIRE’:
1. A PRIMARY REASON FOR HIS OR HER ARREST, DETENTION, KIDNAPPING, PERSECUTION OR KILLING IS: NON-VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE EXISTING POWER STRUCTURES OR TO AN ARMED GROUP; AND
2. THE DISSIDENT HAS GOT INTO TROUBLE WHILE (OR AT LEAST PARTIALLY AS A RESULT OF) TELLING HIS OR HER STORY TO A JOURNALIST, A BROADCASTER OR A FILM-MAKER.
MOHAMED ABU MUAILEK AND MAZIAR BAHARI – BOITH NOW FREED FROM IMPRISONMENT – ARE JUST TWO SUCH EXAMPLES.
WE WELCOME NOMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO FEATURE ON THIS SITE.
THE ACTIVITY OF ‘DISSIDENTS UNDER FIRE’ IS NOT-FOR-PROFIT. PEOPLE, GROUPS, FUNDS OR ORGANISATIONS WISHING TO PROVIDE ANY MUCH-NEEDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ITS WORLDWIDE EFFORTS, CAN WRITE IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO info@dissidentunderfire.com.
