Interesting timing no? Archived Message
Posted by Raskolnikov on June 15, 2019, 11:38 am, in reply to "Jeremy Corbyn challenges UK government's Iran accusations on oil tanker attacks"
https://www.dumptheguardian.com/news/2019/jun/15/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-husband-join-hunger-strike Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has begun a fresh hunger strike in Iranian prison, while her husband plans to fast outside the country’s embassy in London. The British-Iranian charity worker has been detained in Iran since 2016 on spying charges. The couple’s daughter, Gabriella, is living with Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s parents in Iran. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said: “Today I received a phone call from Nazanin in prison. She had informed the judiciary that she has begun a new hunger strike (she will drink water) to protest at her continuing unfair imprisonment. “This is something she had been threatening for a while. Nazanin had vowed that if we passed Gabriella’s fifth birthday with her still inside, then she would do something to mark – to both governments – that enough is enough. This really has gone on too long. Kate Allen, Amnesty International UK’s director, said: “This is a truly heartbreaking situation. Nazanin has already been through so much, while her tireless husband Richard has strained every sinew to get Nazanin out of jail and back to the UK where she belongs. “Nazanin is a prisoner of conscience, unfairly jailed after a sham trial and subjected to all manner of torments – including months in solitary confinement and endless game-playing over whether she would receive vital medical care. ....cough, Assange, cough....
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