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Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years, 148 lashes, husband says
Thomson Reuters ^ | Mar 11, 2019

Posted on 03/12/2019 8:22:40 AM PDT by george76

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Will the united nations send the Iranian despots a sternly worded letter?

21 posted on 03/12/2019 5:46:12 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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What does Amal Clooney have to say about this?


22 posted on 03/12/2019 5:48:20 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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Timeline

2010:

Sotoudeh was arrested in September 2010 on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security and was imprisoned in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.

2012:

On 4 December 2012 Sotoudeh stopped her hunger strike after 49 days following a short visit of some parliament members at Evin prison where they acknowledged and implemented her requests on lifting her daughter’s travel ban.

2013:

Sotoudeh was released on 18 September 2013 along with ten other political prisoners, including opposition leader Mohsen Aminzadeh, days before an address by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to the United Nations.


23 posted on 03/12/2019 5:55:51 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum)
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24 posted on 03/12/2019 5:56:21 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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Grrrr.


25 posted on 03/14/2019 7:31:57 AM PDT by Darnright (We live in interesting times.)
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