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Tag : reza khandan

May 3, 2011

Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Told She Must Give Interview in Order to Leave Prison

Reza 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. He told the Campaign that ...

April 14, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh Withdraws Appeal Request After Being Told Prison Sentence Would Be Upheld

While lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh was being awarded by the PEN American Center, her husband, Reza Khandan, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Sotoudeh withdrew her appeal request after her interrogators advised her that her 11-prison sentenced will ...

March 8, 2011

“Sotoudeh Illegally Detained in Ward 209; She Should Be Released On Bail,” Says Husband

Most of Iran’s women’s movement activists remain in prison on International Women’s Day, some with long sentences, others awaiting their sentence. In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Reza Khandan, husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist ...

February 3, 2011

Nasrin Sotoudeh’s Court Session Postponed Due to Her Absence In Protest

An informed source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Nasrin Sotoudeh’s trial, on charges of “lack of Islamic hejab,” was not held today. Sotoudeh, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, was arrested in September 2010 and sentenced by a lower ...

January 14, 2011

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

Reza Khandan, husband of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh who was sentenced to 11 years in prison this week, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that the 20-year ban on Sotoudeh’s legal activities will commence when her prison term ends. Therefore, considering ...

January 9, 2011

Sotoudeh’s Husband Calls Verdict “Strange and Unfair”

After two trial sessions in Branch 26 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court with Judge Pirabbasi presiding, lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh’s sentence was served to one of her lawyers today. Sotoudeh’s husband, Reza Khandan, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran ...

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 her arrest. “Mrs. Sotoudeh called home on Monday and talked to me and the children ...

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 reasons. Sotoudeh went on a dry hunger strike for the third time last week to ...

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 situation in court didn’t feel terribly hopeful. Each side was just saying their own piece. ...

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 my wife. I only know that she is no longer on a hunger strike and ...

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 only drinking water now. According to Khandan, Sotoudeh found out that the judge in charge ...

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 has agreed to friends’ requests to drink water after nine days of being on a ...

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