Iran
Jailed journalist goes on hunger strikePosted May 5 2009
Iranian-American Roxana Saberi, sentenced to eight years in prison on spying charges by a revolutionary court in Tehran, has been on a hunger strike for over a week. According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Saberi’s father said that his daughter called him from prison to tell him about the strike.
Showing concern, RSF stated on its Web site, “We voice our complete solidarity with Roxana Saberi, who was unjustly arrested and convicted in a trial lacking any transparency. Her decision to go on hunger strike, a last-ditch form of protest, is an act of rebellion against a fundamental injustice.”
Saberi’s lawyer, who was not allowed to speak during the one-day closed trial on April 13, has filed an appeal of her conviction.
Saberi was arrested in February and was initially accused of working illegally in Iran.
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- Reporters Without Borders
- Committee to Protect Journalists