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Iranian Political Prisoner on Hunger Strike Nears Death

NPR
Published July 30, 2005 at 9:00 PM PDT
Akbar Ganji has been on a hunger strike for 51 days. He has been in prison since 2000 for publishing articles linking the Rafsanjani regime to political murders in Iran.
Akbar Ganji has been on a hunger strike for 51 days. He has been in prison since 2000 for publishing articles linking the Rafsanjani regime to political murders in Iran.

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