EVANSTON, Ill. — Faculty and students at Northwestern University have started a hunger strike in support of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran.
EVANSTON, Ill. — Faculty and students at Northwestern University have started a hunger strike in support of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran. The FreeRoxana campaign began Sunday in an effort to pressure Iran to release Roxana Saberi. She’s a 1999 graduate of the university’s Medill School of Journalism. Volunteers around the world are asked to fast in 24-hour shifts. The 32-year-old North Dakota native was arrested in January and convicted last month of spying for the U.S. She was sentenced to eight years in prison after a one-day trial behind closed doors. Saberi began her own hunger strike April 21. Northwestern University student David Caratelli says the hunger strike is necessary "to create awareness about the situation Roxana is facing." ______ Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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