The only way to secure freedom for the Alaeis is to make their case visible and get the vital media coverage that we need to urge the Iranian authorities to release the brothers on bail. In order to help, please join our photo and outreach campaign for the next four days:

Here’s how it works:

Day 1 (Friday): Take a picture. Make a video. Sign the Petition. And then tell everyone you did.
For your photo, hold a printout of the sign or make your own. Make a video with your phone or webcam. Here’s what the sign should say: ‘Treating AIDS is NOT a Crime. Iran Free the Docs.’

Day 2 (Saturday): Blog. Tweet. Post a comment. Write something somewhere on the internet that has the link to this site: IranFreeTheDocs.org

Day 3 (Sunday): Email the Iranian mission to the UN. More contact means greater pressure – letting the government know that the world is watching is the only way to achieve our goal. Here’s the contact info:

Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 687-2020Telefax: (212) 867-7086
E-mail: iran@un.int

Day 4 (Monday): Make it visible. Add your IranFreeTheDocs.org photo as your Facebook profile and put the weblink in your status. Google news articles and post a comment with IranFreeTheDocs.org.

And that’s it: If you can do 4 things in 4 days, we can get the brothers closer to freedom and released on bail. And then get everyone you know to do it too. Join our Facebook event, and get 50 of your friends to join.

On July 22nd 2008 two Iranian AIDS doctors, brothers Kamiar Alaei and Arash Alaei — known throughout the world for their work on HIV/AIDS—were detained without charge by Iranian security forces. They are being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) joins a global coalition of public health leaders and Nobel laureates in calling for their release.