Thread by @StefSimanowitz

1/. “I will continue with my hunger strike for as long as my health permits as it is the only way I see of to try to get the govt to bring Nazanin home”

89-year-old Margaret Owen has gone without food for 5 days in solidarity with #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe theguardian.com/news/2021/nov/…

2/. “When I heard about Richard Radcliffe’s hunger strike I went to meet him & was struck by his incredible courage. I went back several times & made a promise to him that I’d do all in my power to help end this terrible injustice”

Follow @ElectionMargie for updates #FreeNazinin

3/. “I cannot bear the idea that Richard Radcliffe’s three-week hunger strike would have been in vain”

89-year-old @ElectionMargie says she is one of several people across the UK who are hunger striking to demand the govt take action to free #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe
#FreeNazanin

4/. “There is no measure to my pain”

This report by @BBCRosAtkins (& THREAD👇) summarises #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe’s 5 year ordeal

It features @BorisJohnson @DominicRaab @JZarif @JamesCleverly @Jeremy_Hunt @AmuChelengar & Richard Ratcliffe. #FreeNazinin

https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1455356245603409920

5/. Bring Nazanin home for Christmas

Margaret Owen, the 89-year-old lawyer who is on hunger strike in order to demand @BorisJohnson & @DominicRaab take action to #FreeNazanin is calling for a gathering outside Downing St on Tuesday
#BringNazarinHome4Xmas #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe

https://twitter.com/ElectionMargie/status/1462377194081202180

6/. “Margaret Owen, aged 89, is on the 5th day of her hunger strike for #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe

“We must bring Nazanin back from Iran so she can be reunited with her husband & her little girl, Gabriella. Please let MPs & journalists know about my hunger strike.”
#FreeNazanin

#BREAKING: Last night, 89-year-old Margaret Owen, ended her hunger strike for #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe

“I really wanted to go on much longer, but I’ve had to stop because of my health. But that doesn’t me I’m going to stop campaigning to bring Nazanin home.” #FreeNazanin

This photo shows Margaret Owen (89) breaking her hunger strike last night.

Nazanin recently described how a female prison guard would sit outside her cell & phone her own daughter, who was the same age Gabriella.

“I dreaded her shifts as I knew she would do that to torture me”.

Margaret Owen’s hunger strike shows the enduring power of this most ancient form of protest

Its eloquence lies in its ability to reconfigure the dynamic between the powerful & the powerless

But it can & should only be used as a ‘weapon of last resort’. google.co.uk/amp/s/www.euro…

"Today I broke my nearly 6 day hunger strike. Richard also urged me to do so. He doesn't want anyone to risk their health as he has. We will continue to use every means we can to get @trussliz & @BorisJohnson to secure freedom for Nazanin” @ElectionMargie

https://twitter.com/electionmargie/status/1462735812244742155?s=21

https://twitter.com/electionmargie/status/1462735812244742155