Weekly Rights Podcast 12

In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: Iranian-Canadian blogger Hossein Derakhshan is sentenced to over 19 years in prison; Nahid Kermanshahi, mother of detained journalist Hengameh Shahidi, describes the dire health condition and high bail set for her daughter; Parvin Tajik, sister of of journalist and human rights activist Abolreza Tajik, speaks out on his behalf; human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh remains in Evin prison after being summoned there on 4 September; religious scholar Ahmad Ghabel was arrested on 8 September after revealing mass executions in Mashad, his wife, Marzieh Pasdar, now speaks out in concern for his health; and the fate of Sakineh Mohammadi Asthiani remains unclear after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the United Nations General Assembly.