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UN Calls 30-Day Hunger Strike Emergency for British Spies

6/18/2026

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UN rapporteurs Alice Jill Edwards and Mai Sato said the Foremans’ hunger strike is an emergency after 30 days without food.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman, British citizens serving ten-year espionage sentences in Iran, have refused food.
UN experts say they were wrongfully detained and denied basic fair-trial guarantees.
Britain called the sentence unjustifiable, pledged to press for release, while the family accused the government of using them as human shields.

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UN rapporteurs Alice Jill Edwards and Mai Sato said the Foremans’ hunger strike is an emergency after 30 days without food.
Craig and Lindsay Foreman, British citizens serving ten-year espionage sentences in Iran, have refused food.
UN experts say they were wrongfully detained and denied basic fair-trial guarantees.
Britain called the sentence unjustifiable, pledged to press for release, while the family accused the government of using them as human shields.