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On January 25, about seven Iranian political prisoners began a hunger strike to protest their government's abuses, including its crackdown on journalists and political activists, and its incarceration of dissidents with ordinary, often dangerous, criminals.(The Week)(Brief Article)

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* On January 25, about seven Iranian political prisoners began a hunger strike to protest their government's abuses, including its crackdown on journalists and political activists, and its incarceration of dissidents with ordinary, often dangerous, criminals. These prisoners are remarkably courageous souls: Arrested for "crimes" like demonstrating for human rights or asking the United Nations to help beleaguered Iranian oppositionists, they ...

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