Back in June I reported an outrage against human rights, that a woman from Heald Green had been imprisoned by the Iranian government simply for criticising the regime on Facebook.

Roya Saberinejad Nobakht has been in prison in Iran since October 2013. She has been subjected to physical and psychological torture and was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Tehran Revolutionary Court. She has been subject to insults and humilation. She has been deprived of regular access to her medication and was forced to stand outside during winter, in the cold, wearing wet clothes – as a result she has developed kidney problems. She has been refused essential medication, held in solitary confinement and subjected to lengthy interrogation.

Roya is a British citizen, facing two decades in an Iranian prison for doing something most of us would do without thinking – criticising our leaders.

We support the campaign to Free Roya, call on the Iranian government to release her,  and call on the Foreign Office to do all it can to secure Roya’s freedom.

You can find the latest information on Roya’s plight here and the petition calling on the Foreign Office to do more to help Roya here.

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