May31
Saberi speaks out for Baha’is at National Press Club
While in Washington, D.C., last week, American journalist Roxana Saberi described meeting two Iranian Baha’is during her 100-day incarceration in Evin prison, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
From the article…
At the Northern Virginia Baha’i Center and at a discussion at the National Press Club last week, Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi recounted her 100 days in Evin prison between February and May 2009 on espionage charges. While in prison, she says she became close to a number of prisoners of conscience, including the two female Baha’i leaders who have been in jail for more than two years — Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet.
She described the day of her release as bittersweet.
“As they drove me away, I remember turning my head to the side and seeing the prison disappear behind me. And finally, I cried,” Saberi said. “I realized, however, that my tears were not just tears of joy, but they were also tears of sorrow for the many innocent prisoners I was leaving behind. Why was I freed while all these others are still there?”
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