Evin is a brutal and infamous prison. Dorothy Parvaz, who was held there in 2011, said detainees face daily cross-examinations, with constantly changing conditions in attempts to trick prisoners to admit to alleged crimes in a psychological battle. In May 2016 we reported on a campaign to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a Christian British charity worker held in Evin prison. A petition was given to David Cameron to act on her behalf for early release. But she was given a five-year sentence for ‘attempting to topple the government’. Now, foreign secretary Boris Johnson has told the House of Commons that she was ‘teaching Iranians journalism’. It was an incorrect statement which could cause Iran to double her five-year sentence. Nazanin suffers depression from being separated from her husband and three-year-old daughter. Boris’s latest blunder has provoked an online petition accusing him of being unfit for the job, lacking attention to detail, a threat to British people, and damaging overseas relations. It calls for his resignation.
Foreign secretary’s blunder
Written by David Fletcher 10 Nov 2017Additional Info
- Pray: for the Government to repair the damage done to Nazanin and her case and work more effectively to get her release. May God embrace her and her family with His comfort and justice. (Proverbs 9:9)
- More: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former-inmate-of-tehrans-evin-prison-says-boris-comments-could-be-devastating-to-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe_uk_5a01bf72e4b07eb511821127
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