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Joy Lee Sadler

Joy Lee Sadler was imprisoned from September 11, 2002 to January 10, 2003, by the Indonesian government. Sadler, a nurse, was imprisoned for visa violations as she had contacted guerillas in Aceh. Sadler, a native of Waterloo, Iowa, the United States, protested her detention by staging a 39-day hunger strike. Sadler states that she was arrested for providing medical aid to refugees.

Also arrested was, the Scottish-Australian, Lesley Jane McCulloch[?].

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