Saturday, July 09, 2005

P.E.N. Club Italiano : "Iran: Dissident journalist Akbar Ganji returned to prison; said to be held
in solitary confinement and to have started a hunger stike.
International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee has received confirmation that missing dissident journalist Akbar Ganji returned to Tehran's Evin prison on 11 June 2005 after being released on 29 May 2005 on medical leave. He is believed to be held in solitary confinement without access to
family visits and to be on hunger strike. International PEN is calling for his immediate and unconditional release, and seeks immediate assurances that he is treated humanely in detention and granted full access to family visits and all necessary medical care.
The following report is from the BBC world news website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4083890.stm"

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