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Australian Academic Still In Solitary Confinement In Iranian Prison After Large Prisoner Release

May 8, 2020

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, researcher in Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, is being held in solitary confinement and sentenced to 10-years in prison, allegedly for espionage, which she has denied. While tens of thousands of prisoners have been released, due to threat of Covid-19, Moore-Gilbert is being retained. CCS has written the letter below to the Prime Minister of Australia as her ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Australia, CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Australia, Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Iran, Moore-Gilbert, Prison

Two Female Inmates in Evin Prison Start Christmas Eve Hunger Strike

December 28, 2019

On Christmas Eve Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert and Iranian-born, French academic, Fariba Adelkhah began a hunger strike for freedom for all researchers and political prisoners in Iran who have been unjustly imprisoned on fake charges.  It has been suggested that academics worldwide  write or go to Iranian  Embassies in their countries and demand release of Fariba Adelkhah and Kylie ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Iran Tagged With: Adelkhah, Australia, French Citizen, hunger strike, Iran, Moore-Gilbert, Researchers

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