Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change.

Akbar Ganji

Akbar Ganji is an Iranian journalist imprisoned in Evin prison since April 22,2000. Ganji has been on a hunger strike since May 19, 2005 http://www.ifex.org/fr/content/view/full/66875 except for a 12-day period of leave he was granted on May 30, 2005 ahead of the ninth presidential elections on June 17, 2005. He is represented by a group of lawyers, including the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Shirin Ebadi. While on hunger strike Ganji wrote two letters to the free people of the world: 1 2. On July 12, 2005 the White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement that the US president, George W. Bush, called on Iran to release Ganji "immediately and unconditionally." "Mr. Ganji is sadly only one victim of a wave of repression and human rights violations engaged in by the Iranian regime," "His calls for freedom deserve to be heard. His valiant efforts should not go in vain. The president calls on all supporters of human rights and freedom, and the United Nations, to take up Ganji's case and the overall human rights situation in Iran." "Mr. Ganji, please know that as you stand for your own liberty, America stands with you," the statement said.

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Akbar Ganji - Iranian - Evin prison - April 22 - 2000 - May 19 - 2005 - May 30 - Ninth presidential elections - June 17 - 2003 - Nobel Peace Prize - Shirin Ebadi - July 12

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