Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman imprisoned in Tehran on espionage charges, is to go on hunger strike to protest at being denied access to medical care. She announced the hunger strike from Tehran’s Evin prison in a joint letter with her fellow inmate, the human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. The women said they had planned an initial three-day hunger strike, which would be extended until their demands were met. In a letter published by the Tehran-based charity Defenders of Human Rights Centre, Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe said both women were banned from accessing medical care. He said he hoped the hunger strike would not last longer than three days.

Source: The Irish Times January 03, 2019 14:15 UTC