Premiere of NASRIN film narrated by the Academy Award winner Olivia Colman will be shown at the 2020 Virtual Film Festival on October 1 ... Continue Reading>>
Iranian female lawyer, a famous defender of free speech and human rights, in grave condition
Iranian female lawyer, a famous defender of free speech and human rights, in grave condition by Eugene Chudnovsky ... Continue Reading>>
Iran Freezes Bank Account of Imprisoned Human Rights Attorney
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian Human Rights Lawyer, Writes A Plea for Peace from Evin Prison , on International Women’s Day
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer was sentenced in 2018 to a total of 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for a variety of offenses, including 12 years for “promoting immorality and indecency.” Her legal work has included litigation opposing death sentences and the imprisonment of girls, as young as 9, for not wearing a hijab. She was first jailed for this work in 2010, and then in ... Continue Reading>>