August 11, 2005
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Protest over Ganji hunger strike
TEHRAN (Reuters)
- Around 250 supporters of Akbar Ganji, the Iranian dissident journalist
who has been on hunger strike for
63 days, held a peaceful protest on Thursday outside the hospital
where he is being held [Radio Farda Audio-Text]. It was the latest
effort by supporters of the maverick journalist, jailed in 2000
for "acting
against national security" and
other crimes, to call for his release and try to persuade him to
end his hunger strike >>> Read
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