Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Reporters Without Borders hunger strike in support of Roxana Saberi


Four members of Reporters Without Borders, including its secretary-general, Jean-François Julliard, began a hunger strike yesterday in support of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on a charge of spying for the United States. Saberi has herself been on hunger strike since 21 April. Read more