http://vinienco.com/2011/10/01/england-cab-driver-fired-for-assaulting-woman-sews-mouth-shut-in-protest/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2043695/Cab-driver-Hassan-Hoviat-Doust-sews-mouth-shut-protest-fired.html#ixzz1ZV8Kno7v
A cab driver has sewn his mouth shut as a protest after being fired following his conviction for assaulting a woman passenger.
Hassan Hoviat-Doust, 43, has been staging a hunger strike outside Bristol Magistrates’ Court since 10am on Monday.
Hoviat-Doust – who cannot speak because of the thick cotton thread binding his lips together – wrote on a piece of paper: ‘I am a taxi driver who was wrongly convicted of common assault and I have lost my job.
‘I have been on hunger strike since my protest started at 10.40am on September 26.