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Tag : Human rights lawyer

November 11, 2021

Iran Rights Lawyer: Judicial Process is a “Means to Settle Political Scores”

One of the few remaining defense lawyers in Iran willing to take on human rights cases, Nasser Zarafshan is an expert at navigating the Islamic Republic’s judicial system, which criminalizes dissent and imprisons lawyers like ...

September 26, 2020

Nasrin Sotoudeh, Health Deteriorating, Breaks Hunger Strike

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Had Been on Hunger Strike Since Aug 11 September 26, 2020—The imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has broken the hunger strike she had been on since August 11, her husband, Reza Khandan ...

May 10, 2019

Proposal Aims to Allow Authorities to Hold Detainees For at Least 20 Days Without Counsel

On May 5, 2019, the Iranian Parliament’s Judicial and Legal Affairs Committee approved a problematic proposal that would allow detainees accused of national security crimes to choose their own lawyer rather than one from a court-approved list. But ...

January 19, 2019

Defense Lawyer Mostafa Tork Hamedani Sentenced to Six Months Imprisonment in Iran

Human rights attorney Mostafa Tork Hamedani has been sentenced to six months imprisonment in Iran for allegedly slandering a former prosecutor, his lawyer Peyman Haj Mahmoud Attar announced on January 15, 2019. ...

January 2, 2019

Political Activist Hengameh Shahidi Held for Six Months in Solitary Without Access to Lawyer

Imprisoned political activist Hengameh Shahidi has been held in solitary confinement for six months with extremely limited access to a lawyer since June 26, 2018, the day she was taken to Tehran’s Evin Prison. “… She ...

December 7, 2018

Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Mohammad Najafi Slapped With Additional Charges

Imprisoned human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi appeared at Branch 1 of Iran’s Revolutionary Court in Arak, Markazi Province, to face four additional charges that could keep him behind ...

October 9, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Husband Charged With National Security Crimes For Anti-Compulsory Hijab Activism

Sotoudeh’s Sister Threatened With Arrest Imprisoned Iranian attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, has been charged with national security crimes for peacefully supporting his wife and a ...

October 4, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Lawyers Sue Judge Moghiseh For Unlawful Sentencing

Judge Moghiseh Notorious in Iran for Issuing Politically Motivated Sentences Payam Derafshan and Mohammad Moghimi, the lawyers representing detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, have sued Judge Mohammad Moghiseh, the head of Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, accusing ...

September 25, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh Sends Heart-Breaking Apology to Son For Missing First Day of School

Detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has written a letter to her 12-year-old son, Nima, explaining why she and her husband—also detained in Iran’s Evin Prison—can’t be there ...

September 17, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh Sacrifices Family Visits To Protest Prosecutor’s Demand She Wear Full Hijab

Detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has given up her family visitation right in protest against a prosecutor’s demand that she receive visitors fully draped in a hijab. “The ...

September 4, 2018

Husband of Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer, Arrested for Speaking Out, Must Be Released Immediately

State Harassment, Arrest of Family Members to Silence Dissent Intensifies in Iran September 4, 2018—Reza Khandan, the husband of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, should be immediately released ...

August 27, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Refuses to Appear in Court, Begins Hunger Strike

Sotoudeh Facing Seven “National Security” Charges as Judiciary Continues to Build Case Against Her Prominent defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has gone on hunger strike and refused to appear in court to protest her unjust detainment in Iran’s Evin ...

August 24, 2018

Fourth Human Rights Lawyer Slapped With National Security Charges in Iran

Arash Keykhosravi, a lawyer representing the family of an Iranian Canadian man who recently died under suspicious circumstances in state custody, has been slapped with national security charges, making him the fourth defense attorney detained under this pretense in Iran in ...

August 23, 2018

Intelligence Agents Raid Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Home, Taking Pins as Evidence  

“They’re going to use the pins as criminal evidence, as if they had found bombs” Iranian security agents raided the homes of detained human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her sister-in-law, Fatemeh Khandan, ...

August 22, 2018

60 European MPs Call on President Rouhani to Work For Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Release

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh was detained on June 13, 2018, and is facing several national security charges for her peaceful defense of her clients in the Iranian judicial system. On ...

August 16, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Lawyer: “They Came After Her From Three Directions”

Iranian defense attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh has been detained in Evin Prison under national security charges since June 13, 2018. Prominent Human Rights Attorney Facing Five-Year Prison Sentence and Three Other Charges ...

August 15, 2018

Mother of Detained Activist Hears Her Son Being Beaten Over the Phone

“Why is a Lonely, Elderly Mother Being Targeted Like This?” The mother of Farhad Meysami, a civil rights activist who has been detained in Iran since July 2018, says she has received phone calls that sounded like her son was being ...

August 6, 2018

Lawyer Calls on President Rouhani to Work For Human Rights Attorney Abdolfattah Soltani’s Release

Abdolfattah Soltani poses for a family photo. His daughter, Homa (right), passed away on August 4, 2018. Soltani Granted Furlough to Mourn Daughter’s Death One of Iran’s most prominent human rights lawyers, ...

June 25, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Protests “Fabricated” Charges by Refusing to Post Bail

Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has refused to post bail in protest against the charges that have been laid against her. “Nasrin believes the bail amount is not only ...

June 18, 2018

Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Charged With National Security Crimes For Representing Hijab Protesters

Human Rights Lawyer Threatens to Remove Hijab in Protest After Supporters Beaten Outside Prison Detained Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is facing two national security charges for representing women facing prison time in Iran for peacefully protesting ...

June 6, 2018

Nobel Laureate Anticipates Crackdown in Iran as Judiciary Bans Human Rights Lawyers From Security Cases

Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. “Note to Article 48” Limits Detainees’ Counsel Choices to 20 State-Approved Lawyers Nobel Peace Laureate ...

March 14, 2018

Detained Human Rights Lawyer Forced to Choose Counsel From Judiciary’s Approved “List”

Iranian human rights lawyer Mohammad Najafi is facing eight charges for daring to speak up about a client he believes was killed in custody. Security Agents Create “Climate of Fear” Around ...

December 13, 2017

After Burn Victims Denied Compensation Because They’re Girls, Lawyer Says Law Must Change

A lawyer in Iran is speaking out about sexism in the country’s legal code after the families of two children who died in a fire at an elementary school were denied full compensation because ...

November 20, 2017

Previously Imprisoned Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Refuses to Appear in Court

“I know I will not be treated fairly by the judiciary.” A prominent Iranian lawyer who was previously imprisoned for her peaceful defense of human rights has refused to comply with a summons by the Revolutionary Court in Evin ...

September 13, 2017

Rouhani’s Intelligence Ministry is Keeping Prominent Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani in Prison, Says Daughter

Abdolfattah Soltani's daughter, Maede Soltani. Abdolfattah Soltani, who spent most of his legal career defending political prisoners before becoming one himself, continues to ...

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