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Amnesty International
Amnesty International Condemns Harsh Sentence for Iranian-American Journalist Roxana Saberi
May 10th, 2009
Amnesty International condemned the eight-year prison sentence imposed by an Iranian Revolutionary Court on Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi who was convicted of "espionage" following a brief closed door trial in Tehran. "The charges of espionage against Roxana Saberi lack credibility as the Iranian authorities have not revealed any evidence they might have against her," said Elise Auerbach, Amnesty International USA's Iran country specialist. Saberi had been arrested on January 31 and held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison since then. Legal proceedings in Iran's Revolutionary Courts are severely flawed and fail to meet international...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-05-10)
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