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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
November 10, 2020, 11:08 pm
Iranian rights lawyer tests positive for coronavirus after release from jail
Husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was jailed for defending woman who protested hijab requirement, says she was in a rush to take prison furlough because inmates in her ward fell sick
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
November 8, 2020, 2:35 am
Iran’s judiciary says jailed rights lawyer given furlough
Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced in 2019 to 12 years in jail for defending women who protested compulsory headscarf laws
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
October 21, 2020, 4:14 pm
Jailed Iran rights lawyer, seeking medical help, moved to second prison instead
Nasrin Sotoudeh, serving a 12-year sentence after defending women arrested for protesting compulsory headscarf laws, was supposed to be taken for an angiogram, husband says
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
September 27, 2020, 7:57 am
Jailed Iran rights lawyer ends hunger strike over health concerns
Nasrin Sotoudeh is serving a 12-year sentence after defending women arrested for protesting compulsory headscarf laws
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
September 20, 2020, 12:45 am
Jailed Iranian female rights lawyer hospitalized following hunger strike
Husband of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who provided legal defense to women arrested for opposing hijab laws, says she is ‘severely weakened’ after forgoing food for over 40 days
By AFP
In this Tuesday, July 2, 2019 photo, youngsters spend an afternoon while siting on steps outside a shopping mall in northern Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 15, 2019, 9:35 am
In Iran, some take off their hijabs as hard-liners push back
The headscarf debate polarizes Iranians at a time when the country is buckling under unprecedented US sanctions
By Karin Laub and Mohammad Nasiri
Martin Schultz, top left, president of the European Parliament delivers a statement during the awarding ceremony for the Sakharov Prize Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, in front of pictures of Nasrin Sotoudeh and film director Jafar Panahi. (AP/Christian Lutz)
March 18, 2019, 11:45 am
Iran rights lawyer won’t appeal 12-year sentence
Husband says Nasrin Sotoudeh didn’t want any attorneys to be prosecuted because of her; sentence includes 148 lashes for appearing in court without hijab
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
March 13, 2019, 8:57 am
Iran rights lawyer jailed for 10 extra years
Nasrin Sotoudeh, who had taken on the cases of women arrested for appearing in public without headscarves, also sentenced to 148 lashes
By AFP
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her office in Tehran, Iran, on November 1, 2008. (AP/Arash Ashourinia)
March 11, 2019, 6:10 pm
Iranian lawyer who defended women gets 7 years
Nasrin Sotoudeh given a five-year sentence for plotting against the state and two more years for insulting Supreme Leader Khamenei
By AP
Reza Khandan, husband of Iranian human rights activist, on November 18, 2012. (CC BY-SA Hosseinronaghi, Wikimedia Commons)
September 5, 2018, 7:30 pm
Husband of imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran
Reza Khandan charged with ‘conspiring against national security, propaganda against the system and campaigning against Iran’s Islamic dress code’
By AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaking with Charlie Rose during an interview broadcast on April 29, 2015. (screen capture: YouTube/Charlie Rose)
May 2, 2015, 4:13 am
Iran FM: ‘We do not jail people for their opinions’
Zarif defends human rights record following inquiry on imprisoned American reporter, enrages domestic activists
By ToI Staff
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh pictured in 2012. (CC BY-sabzphoto, flickr)
October 19, 2014, 9:18 pm
Iran bans female human rights lawyer from practicing law
Nasrin Sotoudeh, who served two years in prison, says she won’t appeal 3-year prohibition
By AP
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay (photo credit: CC-BY Antônio Cruz, Wikimedia Commons)
December 4, 2012, 10:03 pm
UN human rights chief urges Iran to improve conditions of jailed activist
Navi Pillay expresses concern for life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has been on a hunger strike since mid-October
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh pictured in 2012. (CC BY-sabzphoto, flickr)
November 1, 2012, 1:10 pm
Nine Iranian female prisoners begin hunger strike
Inmates join human rights activist already fasting in protest of beatings, abuse and snap body searches
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