Moore-Gilbert and fellow detainee Fariba Adelkhah are refusing food and water in Tehran’s notorious Evin prisonAn Australian academic being held in an Iranian prison has begun a hunger strike, along with another academic. Melbourne University lecturer Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been held in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran since October 2018. In a letter dated Christmas Eve and published by supporters of Gilbert-Moore and French-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah, the women say they have begun refusing food and water. “CERI confirms the hunger strike begun by Fariba Adelkhah and her co-detainee Kylie Moore-Gilbert”, the institute said on Wednesday. “She’s been receiving consular assistance and had a visit recently,” the prime minister, Scott Morrison, said on Tuesday.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2019 23:26 UTC