Attorney Must Be Released from Prison in Iran While Case is Under Appeal
Mohammad Najafi May Also Be Flogged Despite Health Concerns November 12, 2018—The attorney Mohammad Najafi is being imprisoned unlawfully while his ...
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October 30, 2018
Iran Must Stop Imprisoning Lawyers for Defending Their Clients
Mohammad Najafi is the Seventh Attorney to Be Sent to Prison in Last Six Months, Six Remain Behind Bars October 30, 2018—Iran’s sentencing of attorney ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
August 14, 2018
Judiciary’s Intensifying Crackdown on Defense Attorneys in Iran Must End
Seven Human Rights Lawyers Detained or Blocked from Working in Iran in Less Than a Year August 14, 2018—An intensifying state crackdown on human rights defenders in Iran, in which the authorities have denied attorneys the ability to ...
July 10, 2018
Rights Attorney Summoned to Court in Iran After Signing Letter Criticizing Judiciary’s Restriction of Right to Counsel
Attorney Hossein Ahmadiniaz, the defense counsel in several cases involving human and political rights in Iran, has been summoned by Branch 4 of ...
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 ...
June 12, 2018
Who Are the State-Vetted Lawyers Exclusively Allowed to Defend Detainees Facing Political Charges in Iran?
List Not Finalized According to Judicial Official Iran’s judiciary has not released the names of the 20 state-approved lawyers exclusively allowed to represent detainees ...