Lin Evlin, SBS
An Australian academic jailed in a dangerous Iran prison on accusations of espionage has been granted a consular visit after reports surfaced of her deteriorating health. Australian diplomatic officials will soon visit academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, as her friends and supporters launch a public campaign to get her freed. Read more.
Digital channels amplify social advocacy, but there are limitations
Dr Greg Barton joined the Boardroom Media podcast to discuss the Kylie campaign. Listen here.
Dr Dara Conduit joined the In The Room podcast to discuss Kylie’s case
FreeKylieMG member Dr Dara Conduit discussed Kylie’s case on the In The Room podcast with Ronnie Barbour. Listed to the full podcast here, although note that it was recorded prior to Kylie’s release.
Statement from Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert
To my dear friends and supporters:
I honestly do not know where to start or how I can ever thank you for all of your incredible efforts to campaign for my release. I am totally blown away by everything you have done for me, I honestly have no words to express the depth of my gratitude and how touched I am. I can’t tell you how heartening it was to hear that my friends and colleagues were speaking up and hadn’t forgotten me, it gave me so much hope and strength to endure what had seemed like a never-ending, unrelenting nightmare. My freedom truly is your victory. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!
Kylie.
It was repulsive: Iran took our friend Kylie hostage then used her as bargaining chip
Scott Patton, The Age
Over the past 2½ years we’ve sorely missed sharing a coffee with Kylie Moore-Gilbert, or even visiting her office at Melbourne University to discuss matters as mundane as her new rug. The 804 days she was held captive by the Iranian regime – a pawn in its hostage diplomacy – motivated her colleagues here and at other universities to mount a behind-the-scenes campaign in the hope it could lead to her release. Read more.
Statement on Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s return
We are over the moon that our amazing friend and colleague Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert is on her way home after 804 days in prison in Iran. An innocent woman is finally free. Today is a very bright day in Australia indeed! Read our full statement here.
Dr Dara Conduit speaks at vigil marking Kylie’s 800th day in prison
Dr Dara Conduit joined a vigil organised by Kylie’s Facebook supporters at St Paul’s cathedral in Melbourne. John Burns MP, Senator Janet Rice, Dave Sharma MP (in absentia) joined together to call for more to be done to bring Kylie home. Watch here.
Meet the women fighting for Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s release
Felicity Robinson, Primer
Middle East researcher Dr Jessie Moritz remembers every detail of the moment she heard her friend Kylie had been arrested. “I was meeting a mutual friend of ours for a coffee in central Melbourne and I’d suggested he should invite Kylie, too,” she says. “I got to the Starbucks, and he looked at me and said, ‘You don’t know, do you…’” Read more.
Dr Jessie Moritz speaks to Raf Epstein on ABC Melbourne Drive
Raf Epstein and Jessie Moritz, ABC Radio Melbourne Drive
Listen to the interview from 1:20:54
‘Back to square one’: Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert moved to Tehran’s Evin prison
Maani Tru, SBS
Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is believed to have been moved back to Tehran’s Evin prison, days after she was moved from another Iranian jail to an unknown location. The University of Melbourne lecturer was imprisoned at the notorious Qarchak Prison up until last week when a group of supporters lobbying for her release said she had been removed. Read more.
Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert found in Iran prison after disappearance
Anton Nilsson, News.com.au
An Australian-British academic who is serving a prison sentence in Iran has been located after mysteriously going missing. Kylie Moore-Gilbert was recently moved from Iran’s notorious Qarchak prison to an unknown location. Her worried friends and colleagues are now relieved that she has been found. Read more.
Australia’s Kylie Moore-Gilbert returned to Iran’s Evin prison
AFP/Al-Jazeera
An Australian academic held in Iran for more than two years has been returned to Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, her friends said on Friday, prompting fresh concern about her wellbeing. Kylie Moore-Gilbert – who is serving a 10-year jail sentence on charges of espionage – had disappeared inside Iran’s prison system a week ago, sparking frantic efforts to learn her whereabouts. Read more.
Statement from freekylie.net on Kylie’s return to Evin prison
Statement on Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s return to Evin prison, attributable to the FreeKylieMG group
30 October 2020
After a stressful six days, we’re relieved that the Australian government has finally managed to locate our friend Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Evin prison. But make no mistake: this is not a victory, nor does it suggest that progress is being made in Kylie’s case. Read the full statement here.
Iran moves detained academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert back to Tehran prison
Saba Vasefi , Michael Safi , Ben Doherty and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii, The Guardian.
The detained British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been moved back to Tehran’s Evin prison, sources with knowledge of her case have confirmed to the Guardian. Moore-Gilbert is understood to be back in the secretive ward 2A of Tehran’s largest prison, where she had spent much of the past two years under the control of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Read more.
7 News’ ‘The Update’ covers Kylie’s disappearance
Michael Usher and Dara Conduit, Seven ‘The Update’
Two years ago, Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested in Tehran and sentenced to 10 years jail over spying allegations. Last Saturday she was transferred from Iran’s most notorious women’s prison to an unknown location. Watch here.
Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert reportedly moved from Iranian prison to unknown location
Maani Truu, SBS News
Friends and colleagues of imprisoned Australian citizen Kylie Moore-Gilbert say they fear the worst after the academic was reportedly moved from a notorious Iranian prison to an unknown location. A group of supporters lobbying for Dr Moore-Gilbert’s release say they have independently confirmed she has been moved from Qarchak women’s prison after being informed of the move about 36 hours ago. Read more.
Government looking into reports Australian academic has been moved from Iranian prison
Anthony Galloway, The Age
Australian officials are looking into reports a Melbourne university lecturer jailed in Iran has been moved to a secret location, with Iranian officials yet to tell their Australian counterparts. Cambridge-educated Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been held in prison for more than two years after being detained in September 2018. She was sentenced to 10 years’ prison in a secret trial on espionage charges, which are rejected by the Australian government. Read more.
Questions around Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s whereabouts
Stephanie Borys and Jessie Moritz
ABC AM radio program
Friends of Kylie Moore Gilbert are calling for clarification of her whereabouts, after information emerged she’d been moved from Iran’s Qarchak prison. The Australian academic is serving a ten year sentence for espionage and reports from Iran say she was taken somewhere else in recent days. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade won’t say where she is but insist Australia’s Ambassador in Tehran has regular consular access to Dr Moore-Gilbert. Listen here.
Statement from freekylie.net following reports that Kylie has been moved to an unknown location
Statement attributable to the FreeKylieMG group
26 October 2020
We are deeply concerned about the welfare of our dear friend and colleague Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, and the Australian government’s increasingly empty assurances that her case is their highest priority. 36 hours after reports emerged that Kylie was transferred from Qarchak prison to an unknown location, Foreign Minister Marise Payne has acknowledged that the Australian government is ‘seeking further information.’ Read more.