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Posts Tagged ‘khadijeh moghaddam’

Nobel Laureate to Stage Sit-in in Defense of Detained Colleague

Nobel Laureate to Stage Sit-in in Defense of Detained Colleague

(17 December 2010) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi announced a sit-in in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva today to demand the release of her embattled colleague in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh. The sit-in will start on 20 December.

Sotoudeh, 47, is a prominent human rights lawyer who has been held in solitary confinement for the past 103 days and is reportedly on hunger strike. She has been bravely outspoken in defense of her clients, particularly since the disputed June 2009 presidential election.

17th December 2010 - 5 Comments »

Human Rights Defenders Prevented from Leaving Iran; Women’s Rights Advocates Arrested

Narges Mohammadi

(11 May 2009) The Iranian government is continuing to expand its repression of women’s rights activists ahead of the 12 June presidential elections, with a new wave of travel bans, detentions, and summons, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

The Campaign reported that Narges Mohammadi of the banned Iranian human rights group Defenders Human Rights Center, and Soraya Aziz Panah of the Center to Clean Mine Fields, were prevented from leaving Tehran on 7 May 2009.

11th May 2009 - 2 Comments »

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