WELCOME SUPPORT - AT 8:40 A.M. ET:  It's actually news when American universities behave decently in a political case, so this is gratifying, from AP:

EVANSTON, Illinois — Professors, students and alumni of the alma mater of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran are helping orchestrate a hunger strike in hopes of pressuring her release.

The FreeRoxana campaign partly sponsored by people affiliated with Northwestern University is organizing the protest on behalf of Roxana Saberi. She's a 1999 graduate of the university's Medill School of Journalism.

The 32-year-old was arrested in January and convicted last month of spying for the U.S. She was sentenced to eight years in prison after a one-day trial behind closed doors.

COMMENT:  I wonder if there'll be a counter-protest by hard leftists who'll eat something extra in solidarity with the Iranian regime.  I would not be shocked.

May 2, 2009