NCRI – A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran after trying to watch a men’s volleyball match is on a hunger strike again after a court in Iran sentenced her to one year in jail.
Ghoncheh Ghavami, 25-year-old law graduate from London, is protesting against “what she called her illegal detention”, her mother said in an interview.
Woman are banned from attending volleyball and football matches in Iran.
Responding to reports on Gahavami’s sentence Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen said on Sunday: ‘This is an appalling verdict.
‘It’s an outrage that a young woman is being locked up simply for peacefully having her say about how women are discriminated against in Iran.
‘Ghoncheh is a prisoner of conscience and the Iranian authorities should quash the sentence and release her immediately and unconditionally.
‘The authorities should also investigate allegations that Ghoncheh was subjected to death threats by her interrogators and provide compensation for her arbitrary detention and her prolonged solitary confinement.’
