Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, on Sunday urged jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji to put an end to his hunger strike. Ganji was sentenced to six years in prison in 2001 after he wrote a series of articles linking senior officials to the murder of political dissidents. According to <i>IRNA</I>, he was recently transferred from his Tehran prison to a hospital to undergo medical treatment under the order of officials in charge of public prosecutor's office and prison.
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