UN Experts Warn 2 Britons Face Medical Emergency After 20- and 30-Day Iran Jail Hunger Strike
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Updated · Reuters · Jun 17
UN Experts Warn 2 Britons Face Medical Emergency After 20- and 30-Day Iran Jail Hunger Strike
3 articles · Updated · Reuters · Jun 17
Summary
Lindsay Foreman has refused food for more than 30 days and Craig Foreman for more than 20, prompting U.N. experts to call their condition a medical emergency in an Iranian jail.
The warning followed the British couple's failed appeal this month, which their family said was held without their knowledge after the pair received 10-year espionage sentences in February on charges they deny.
Alice Jill Edwards and Mai Sato said the Foremans appear to have been wrongfully detained, prosecuted on questionable grounds and sentenced in proceedings that failed basic fair-trial guarantees.
Britain has called the sentences totally unjustifiable and says it will keep pressing for their release, while the family says the couple are being used as human shields amid regional conflict.