Thursday, July 20, 2017

Wife of Princeton Student Held Hostage in Iran Speaks out Against "Unjust Imprisonment"

London, 20 Jul - The wife of the Princeton graduate student who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran for espionage has called on authorities to release him as he is "unjustly imprisoned".
Xiyue Wang was arrested in August 2016, while on a research trip to Iran for his PhD in late 19th and early 20th-century Eurasian history, but his imprisonment was only reported on Sunday following his sentencing.
http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31793:wife-of-princeton-student-held-hostage-in-iran-speaks-out-against-unjust-imprisonment&catid=5:human-rights&Itemid=110

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