Toronto woman pleads for husband’s release from Iranian jail
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Take a look at this article by Michelle Shepherd of The Tronto Star. You can learn more at www.freehamid.org.
For two years, Antonella Mega has quietly fought for her husband’s release from an Iranian prison, putting her faith in the Canadian government and Tehran’s courts.
But with a possible death sentence hanging over Iranian-born Canadian Hamid Ghassemi-Shall, Mega has decided to go public for the first time in the hopes of drawing attention to his case.
A case, she says, with unclear allegations about spying, and little chance of appeal.
“There comes a point where you don’t know what else to do,” Mega said over coffee in a Toronto cafe this week, alternating between tears and laughter as she recounted the last two years.
