Akbar Ganji started a hunger strike on May 18th, 2005 at 19:00

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Akbar Ganji started a hunger strike on May 18th, 2005 at 19:00
For being refused a transfer request to a medical facility outside of the prison despite the recommendation of the health clinic inside Evin prison





Political dissident and journalist *, Akbar Ganji became an enemy of the Iranian regime in the year 2000 for naming members of political power hierarchy in Iran as being responsible for the killing of dissidents and intellectuals





* Akbar Ganji is an Honorary Member of the Canadian, English and Lichtenstein PEN Centers. He is also a recipient of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression 2000 International Press Freedom Award