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| Jailed US reporter goes on hunger strike |
| 2009-04-26 |
| [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 |
| #7 Frank -- her parents are there visiting her. She's not being tortured. Not even close. |
| Posted by: Zorba Craising6734 2009-04-26 23:26 |
| #6 Spot on, RJ. There's a whole lot being left out of this story, but it will clear in the end. |
| Posted by: Zorba Craising6734 2009-04-26 23:25 |
| #5 do you give a shit? Her captors are certainly susceptible to international pressure on this. She's a dual-citiz passport holder, and they are basically imprisoning and torturing an American. I don't agree with dual cit passports, but this is what we have. Are you that co-opted as to not to care? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-26 22:50 |
| #4 Frank. Backtrack a second and think. The whole purpose of a "Hunger Strike" is to get public attention to their (Her) plight, then use it as a lever? Right? But if the Captors don't give a shit, it backfires. Now reality check, are her captors succeptable to emotional blackmail? Hell no. Are her captors interested in outside opinion? Again Hell no. Do they give a shit if a "Spy" dies? OK Frank answer that one. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-04-26 21:59 |
| #3 Sad to say, but starving herself to death might be a better end than what the Iranians may otherwise arrange. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-04-26 20:46 |
| #2 RJ - she's honorable in her aims in reporting in Iran, and not one to be disparaged by such as you when she'll likely die for her principles. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-04-26 20:18 |
| #1 Idiot it won't work there, they'll let you starve to death without any newspapers ever hearing about it. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-04-26 19:36 |