A Human Rights Defender in Prison: Nasrin Sotoudeh"s story
These are articles, reports, statements and developments in Nasrin Sotoudeh's case
- October 26, 2012, Nasrin Sotoudeh won prestigious Sakharov Award for "not bowing to fear".
Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi - winners of the 2012 Sakharov PrizeJafar PANAHI and Nasrin SATOUDEH - Sakharov Prize Winner 2012 © European Union 2012 EP and © Handout/afp/ European Union 2012 EP Two Iran...
We congratulate #HumanRights lawyer #Sotoudeh and filmmaker #Panahi on winning EP's Sakharov prize ow.ly/eNlCc- On October 24, 2012, Foreign Secretary, William Hague, urged Iran to release Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was on a hunger strike again.
UK urges Iran to release human rights lawyer on hunger strikeBritain's foreign secretary, William Hague, has called on Iran to reconsider the "outrageous" and "deplorable" detention of the prominent...- 22 October 2012: Sotoudeh was taken to Evin Prison’s medical facility following 10 days of hunger strike amid worldwide concern for her well being.
Hunger strike fears for Nasrin Sotoudeh | Amnesty InternationalAmnesty International has welcomed today's announcement that imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has won the Sakharov ...- 16 October 2012: Nasrin Sotoudeh told her family that she will continue her hunger strike until the travel ban on her young daughter is lifted.
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran - Nasrin Sotoudeh to Continue Hunger Strike Until Daughter's Travel Ban LiftedDuring a visit on October 21, the fifth day of her hunger strike, imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh told her family that she...- One year later, 4 September 2011, Sotoudeh continues to serve her sentence. Latest reports indicate that she is waiving her visiting rights in protest at the harassment of her family during prison visits
- 24 August 2011: in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Sotoudeh"s husband speaks about harassment of her family during prison visits
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests Family Abuse During Prison VisitIn an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, said that she refrained from attending her weekly visitation with her family for the second week.- 30 May 2011: Sotoudeh attends Iran Bar Association tribunal, who consider whether to revoke her licence
Iranian judiciary to revoke license of detained lawyer | RadiozamanehJailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been hauled before the disciplinary tribunal of Iran's Bar Association, after the judiciary called for the cancellation of her lawyer's permit. We-change website reports that Sotoudeh's case was held in one of the rooms at the bar association's headquarters.- May: Sotoudeh"s husband speaks to International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about her prison conditions
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Told She Must Give Interview in Order to Leave PrisonReza Khandan, husband of imprisoned Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Sotoudeh is in very poor conditions in prison and is planning to go on another hunger strike.FCO Spokesperson Barry Marston speaks to Shadi Sadr about women"s rights in Iran and Sotoudeh"s case
- "As a writer, as an activist, and as a lawyer she has dedicated herself to a simple and powerful idea: the principle that the rights guaranteed by law are absolute and shared equally by all. At a moment when women and men around the world are standing together peacefully to reclaim this most basic truth, she is in one of the world"s most infamous prisons, to the great shame of the Iranian government. In honoring her with this award, we stand with the millions of Iranians she has stood up for and inspired, and we urge individuals and governments around the world to join us in pressing for her immediate release."
13 April 2011: PEN present Sotoudeh with the Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, saying:
PEN American Center - April 13, 2011: Top PEN Prize to Honor Nasrin Sotoudeh, Jailed Iranian Lawyer, Writer, ActivistNobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Represent Imprisoned Colleague at Ceremony FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact:Larry Siems, (212) 334-1660 ext. 105, (646) 359-0594 (cell)Sarah Hoffman, (212) 334-1660 ext.- Shirin Ebadi blogs to highlight Sotoudeh"s case
The riskiest job in IranAs the regime targets lawyers like Nasrin Sotoudeh, who will defend our rights now? Not so long ago, my colleague Nasrin Sotoudeh was the lawyer so many of us human rights defenders in Iran would call when our government harassed us or put one of us, or one of our family members, in jail.House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 18 Jan 2011 (pt 0002)
18 Jan 2011 : Column 687Wcontinued Mrs Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding he has allocated to (a) prison psychology, (b) prison probation and (c) prison education services in 2010-11; and how much such funding he plans to allocate in each of the next four years.
The Law Society Media CentreLaw Society appeals to President Ahmadinejad for release of human rights defender The Law Society has appealed directly to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to release imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh.
