Philip Whiteside, news reporter Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a British-Iranian woman who has been in jail in Iran for five years. The Iranian regime claims she was working against the state when she was arrested on a visit to the country to see her parents with her daughter. Here is a timeline of events that have left a family split apart and resulted in diplomacy at the highest level. October 2010 Joins Thomson Reuters Foundation Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe joins the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a charity that says it promotes "socio-economic progress" and the rule of law through a series of training programmes. Advertisement Before the move, she worked for BBC Media Action for around 18 months, the corporation's international development charity which uses "the power of media and communication to help reduce poverty and support people in understanding their rights". June 2014 Birth of her daughter Gabriella, the only daughter of Mrs … [Read more...] about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: The five-year fight for freedom
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British-Iranian aid worker released after five years: lawyer
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended for five-year sentence in Iran, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani said on Sunday. Her ankle bracelet was removed, but she has been summoned again to court, according to British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq. "I have been in touch with Nazanin's family. Some news: 1) Thankfully her ankle tag has been removed. Her first trip will be to see her grandmother. 2) Less positive - she has been summoned once again to court next Sunday," Siddiq, who is the member of parliament for where Zaghari-Ratcliffe used to live, said on Twitter. It was not immediately clear whether Zaghari-Ratcliffe was allowed to leave Iran. Kermani was quoted as saying that "a hearing for Zaghari's second case has been scheduled at branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran." Ankle bracelet removed for first time The aid worker was able to remove her ankle bracelet for the first time since being released from prison on furlough because of the pandemic … [Read more...] about British-Iranian aid worker released after five years: lawyer
Spring Break is ‘perfect storm’ for mutant Covid spread as students ignore warnings to flood Florida beaches and bars
SPRING Break parties are a "perfect storm" for the spread of mutant Covid, an expert has warned, as college students ignore warnings to flood Florida's beaches. Shocking images show young people without masks packed together on the sand and in bars - despite the new B.1.1.7 strain, which originated in the UK, sweeping across the sunshine state. Dr Peter Hotez, of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, said: "It's a perfect storm." He told CNN : "You've got the B.1.1.7 variant accelerating in Florida. "You've got all these 20-year-old kids. None of them are going to have masks. They're all going to be drinking. They're having pretty close, intimate contact. "And then, after that's all done, they're going to go back to their home states and spread the B.1.1.7 variant." The coronavirus pandemic has prompted some universities such as Ohio State and State University of New York to cancel Spring Break. Yet, Florida's warm weather and … [Read more...] about Spring Break is ‘perfect storm’ for mutant Covid spread as students ignore warnings to flood Florida beaches and bars