Amy Goodman
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A Sliver of Light: Freed U.S. Hikers on Captivity in Iran & Solitary Confinement (2/3)
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March 18, 2014
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27:01Now PlayingIn a Democracy Now! special, Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal recall their harrowing ordeal as American hikers imprisoned in Iran. Detained after setting out on a hike in the summer of 2009 in Iraq's Kurdish region near the Iranian border, Bauer and Fattal were held for 26 months, while Shourd now married to Bauer was held for 13 months, much of it in solitary confinement. The three tell their story in a new memoir, "A Sliver of LightThree Americans Imprisoned in Iran."
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