Iranian overstayer who went on a hunger strike for eight weeks because he believed he would be put to death for converting to Christianity.
Panah, Ali Reza, active 2007
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"This might have been avoided if the government had intervened sooner." "He should have...
Date: 2007
From: Moreu, Michael, 1969-: [Digital cartoons published in the Christchurch Press and Fairfax Media]
Reference: DCDL-0003889
Description: Two doctors stand beside the bed which contains a skeleton. The graph on the end of the bed is labelled 'Finance industry' and shows a downward trend. One of the doctors comments that this wouldn't have happened if the government had intervened sooner and the other says that he should have been a hunger striker. Refers to the collapse of several finance companies and also refers to the Iranian hunger striker Ali Panah, who was released on bail as he had become critically ill. He still has to face trial and possibly deportation. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).