The Iranian British woman who was arrested on June 20 for trying to enter a stadium to watch men’s volleyball match has refused to drink liquids since Saturday as her hunger strike intensifies.
Mrs. Ghoncheh Ghavami has been on hunger strike since October 1, according to the reports received from Iran.
Ghavami is held in a cell in Tehran’s Evin Prison along with another female prisoner Atena Farghdani.
In late September, Mrs Ghavami was charged with “propaganda against the regime”, a friend of her family told Telegraph on September 25.
In an Urgent Action, Amnesty International called for her release. The statement said: “She is a prisoner of conscience, arrested solely for taking part in a peaceful protest against the ban on women attending Volleyball World League matches in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.”
