Nasrin Sotoudeh is a leading human rights lawyer widely respected for her efforts on behalf of juveniles facing the death penalty and for her defense of prisoners of conscience.
JAILED IN IRAN
On Sunday January 11th 2011, Nasrin Sotoudeh, a mother of two, was sentenced to 11 years in prison
The sentence included five years for 'violating the Islamic dress code (Hejab)' in a filmed acceptance speech, in which she was accepting a Human Rights Prize by the International Committee on Human Rights, in 2008.
Five years for 'acting against the national security of the country' and 1 year is for 'propaganda against the regime'.
She has also been banned from practising law and leaving the country for 20 years.
About Nasrin
During the reform years, in addition to her social and legal activism, Nasrin Sotoudeh worked as a journalist in reformist newspapers. After receiving her license to practice law, she officially began her work as an attorney and she has been working tirelessly especially in the areas of human rights and children’s rights ever since.
Nasrin took on her first case in the area of women’s rights a year after the start of her legal career. Following the launch of the One Million Signatures Campaign and the widespread growth of the women’s rights movement, she represented many women’s rights activists and especially Campaign activists fully pro-bono and without the smallest monetary expectation.
She is a member of the board of directors of the Society for Defense of Children’s Rights where she defended victims of child abuse.
Following her attempt to save the life of Arash Ramanipour, who was hung in January 2010 for crimes he had allegedly committed under the age of 18, she went on record to reveal the illegal process of conducting his execution.
At that time, she was threatened that if she publicly spoke on the cases she represented, she would be arrested.
PETITION TO FREE NASRIN
http://www.asafeworldforwomen.org/rights-defenders/nasrin-sotoudeh/about-nasrin/246-about-nasrin-sotoudeh.html
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