May 24, 2005

I, Shirin Ebadi, defense attorney for Mr. Akbar Ganji would hereby
announce that he started a hunger strike at 7 pm on Thursday
May 19, 2005.
Mr. Ganji has suffered from asthma for a few years and anytime
I have met him in prison, I have noticed his serious symptoms
of illness such as severe coughing. It has been quite a long time
that his traditional medicine, which generally has cortisone, has
lost any effect. I have asked Judicial authorities several times,
on his behalf, to allow him to be seen and treated by outside physicians,
but unfortunately these requests have been all rejected. His health
is now deteriorating and hunger strike will further jeopardize
Mr. Ganji's life.
Since international human rights principles do not allow anyone
to be deprived of freedom due to expression of ones belief, and
as Akbar Ganji's attorney and on his behalf, I call upon
all his colleagues, human rights advocates, and freedom seekers
to write letters and e-mails and demand his release to be treated
by physicians outside the prison >>> Read
his letter
Translated by Goudarz Eghtedari who has the original fax from Ms.
Ebadi.
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