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January 16, 2011

Pressure on Families of Prisoners of Conscience to Keep Quiet

Reza Khandan, husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested after appearing at Evin Prison Courts today. An informed source close to Sotoudeh’s family told the International Campaign… ...

January 14, 2011

Leading Writers Association PEN International Condemns Sotoudeh’s Sentence and Calls for Action

On 13 January 2001, the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International condemned the eleven-year sentence of human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh issued by an Iranian court on 9 January… ...

January 14, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Husband Says She Is Deprived From Legal Career For Life

…20-year ban on Sotoudeh’s legal activities will commence when her prison term ends. Therefore, considering Sotoudeh is in her late 40s, if the sentence is upheld by the appeals court… ...

January 9, 2011

Top Iranian Lawyer Unjustly Sentenced to 11 years in Prison

(9 January 2011) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran called the 11-year prison sentence of leading human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh a “gross miscarriage of justice” and said… ...

January 9, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls Verdict “Strange and Unfair”

…today. Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the ruling. “According to this ruling, which is very strange and unfair, Ms. Sotoudeh… ...

January 9, 2011

Federation of Social Justice Lawyers Calls for the Release of Iranian Human Rights Defenders

The National Lawyers Guild, on 3 January 2011, issued a letter (LINK: http://www.nlg.org/news/announcements/national-lawyers-guild-urges-the-release-of-human-rights-defenders-in-iran/) calling for the release of human rights defenders facing arrest and prosecution inside Iran, including Nasrin Sotoudeh,… ...

January 9, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Summoned to Evin Prison Court

Reza Khandan, husband of prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that he was summoned to Branch One of… ...

January 1, 2011

Hoda Saber’s Wife: “Nobody Is Accountable”

The wife of Hoda Saber, journalist and a Nationalist-Religious activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that she has no knowledge about the reasons for her husband’s… ...

December 31, 2010

Media – 2010

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December 28, 2010

“The Interrogator Told Me, ‘We Won’t Let You Get Less Than Ten Years,'” Sotoudeh Tells The Judge

The trial court of lawyer and human rights activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh, held on Monday, December 27, 2010 on the new charge of “lack of hejab,” was stopped due to Sotoudeh… ...

December 20, 2010

Sotoudeh’s Deteriorating Health Ends Hunger Strike; Interrogators Tell Lawyer They Control Her Trial Outcome

Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, discussed her latest situation during an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “She called me fifteen minutes ago and we talked…. ...

December 20, 2010

Ebadi: “Javad Larijani Does Not Understand Human Rights And Cannot Fill This Position”

Shirin Ebadi and six other women’s rights activists will hold a sit-in in front of the United Nations in Geneva to protest the dangerous situation of Nasrin Sotoudeh, told the… ...

December 17, 2010

Nobel Laureate to Stage Sit-in in Defense of Detained Colleague

…release of her embattled colleague in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh. The sit-in will start on 20 December. Sotoudeh, 47, is a prominent human rights lawyer who has been held in solitary… ...

December 17, 2010

Joint Letter Announcing Protest in Support of Nasrin Sotoudeh

The life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer and women rights activist, is in danger. Nasrin was arrested by Iranian authorities on 4th September 2010 for her activity… ...

December 16, 2010

Weekly Rights Podcast 20

In this week’s ‘Weekly Rights Podcast’: Nasrin Sotoudeh is charged with not wearing a hejad for not wearing a headscarf in a 2008 YouTube video and Mohammad Javad Larijani comments… ...

December 14, 2010

Sotoudeh’s Husband Reacts to Javad Larijani’s New Charges Against Her

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the new charges raised against Sotoudeh after she began her third hunger strike since… ...

December 13, 2010

Blindfolds and Handcuffs for Sotoudeh During Visitation

Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, told the International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran that Sotoudeh was not brought to the visiting hour last Thursday for unclear… ...

November 30, 2010

“The Judge Took None of the Defense Seriously,” Says Sotoudeh’s Husband

Reza Khandan, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his wife’s second trial session held on Sunday 28 November. “The… ...

November 29, 2010

No News About Nasrin Sotoudeh Before Second Trial Session

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, “After the first court session, which was last week, we have not had any news from… ...

November 23, 2010

UN human rights chief concerned by Iranian crackdown on human rights defenders

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed renewed concern for the fate of human rights defenders in Iran, particularly Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh who… ...

November 18, 2010

UN Resolution on Iran’s Human Rights Violations Approved by Huge Margin

(18 November 2010) The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly’s strong approval of a draft resolution, condemning Iran for grave human right violations, is a welcome step in… ...

November 17, 2010

Five Lawyers Arrested, Only Three Identified

In recent days five lawyers have been arrested in Tehran. Only three of the arrested lawyers have been identified so far. Maryam Kian Ersi, Sara Sabbaghian, and Maryam Karbasi were… ...

November 15, 2010

Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike Following Trial Session

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s first trial was held today at Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Pir-Abbasi. A source knowledgeable about Sotoudeh’s prosecution told the International Campaign for Human… ...

November 12, 2010

Family Members Describe Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Dire Physical Condition While on Hunger Strike

After visiting his wife Nasrin Sotoudeh for the first on Thursday, Reza Khandan described her as unimaginably thin. Khandan said Sotoudeh ended her dry hunger strike on Tuesday and is… ...

November 11, 2010

Nasrin Sotoudeh Still on Hunger Strike; Allows Herself Water

Feministschool.com, a website in Iran, reported that Iranian authorities continue to refuse jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh’s demands for due process, forcing Sotoudeh to continue her hunger strike. Sotoudeh… ...

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