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Jailed US reporter goes on hunger strike
[Al Arabiya Latest] In protest of an eight-year jail sentence on charges of espionage, U.S.-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi has gone on a hunger strike for the past five days, her father told AFP Saturday."She has started (a hunger strike) and today is the fifth day," Reza Saberi told media. "Her lawyer lodged an appeal over the sentence today," he said. "She's not eating anything ... I'm very worried." Saberi, 31, was convicted by an Iranian revolutionary court in a closed-door trial last week of spying for the U.S., which along with Israel is Tehran's main foe. Saberi has been held since late January, when it was initially she was arrested for buying alcohol, an illegal act in the Islamic republic. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-26 |
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