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47 Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike
after Daughter's Travel Ban Lifted
by DAN GEIST house arrest since February
Dec 5 2012 2011 -- the authorities'
concession came after
Human rights champion halts Sotoudeh's husband, Reza
perilous seven-week protest after Khandan, and a number
1391 رذآ17 جمعه- 1216 شماره/ سال متسیب primary demand is met. of women's rights activists
met with a group of Majles
[ in focus ] Jailed human rights deputies who were about to
lawyer and journalist Nasrin undertake an investigation
Sotoudeh ended a hunger strike of into the circumstances
49 days after Iranian authorities surrounding her
acceded to her demand that they no detention. The legislators
longer bar her 12-year-old daughter, subsequently pursued the
Mehraveh, from traveling abroad. issue with Speaker Ali
Sotoudeh is incarcerated in Tehran's Larijani and his brother,
Evin Prison, along with many other judiciary chief Ayatollah
political prisoners; she has served Sadegh Larijani. On
27 months of a six-year sentence Tuesday evening, Khandan
on charges of disseminating reported on his Facebook
"propaganda," violating mandatory page that his wife had ended
hejab, and "acting against national her hunger strike and that
security." Her blood pressure had he had just returned from
reportedly fallen dangerously low an "extraordinary meeting"
toward the end of her hunger strike, with her.
in which she consumed only salted Sotoudeh was protesting not only the was the fourth hunger strike she has of the Iranian people to stand with
and sugared water. travel ban placed on her daughter, undertaken since she was imprisoned her and call for her freedom.”
According to the Kaleme website but also repeated interference in September 2010. After her release, Sotoudeh defended a variety of
-- associated with Green Movement with her own family visitation and she will face decade-long bans on clients as a member of the Center
leader and former presidential telephone call rights. In addition to performing legal work and traveling for the Defense of Human Rights
candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehraveh, Sotoudeh and Khandan outside the country. -- her work for the group was the
In touch with Iranian diversity who has been under extralegal have a four-year-old son, Nima. This Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the United rationale for the "acting against
Nations special rapporteur on the national security" charge -- and the
situation of human rights in the Society for the Protection of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, noted in Rights of Children. They included
his latest report -- presented to U.N. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin
officials in September and publicly Ebadi, opposition party leader
released the following month -- the Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, journalists
many accounts that Iranian such as Isa Saharkhiz, and student
“human rights defenders activists such as Atefeh Nabavi.
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ in general are subjected to unfair Another client, Arash Rahmanipour,
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ trials and issued severe sentences, supposedly committed "anti-
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ including flogging, long-term state" offenses as a minor; he was
604 - 980 - 8571 activity and travel bans, long-term convicted and eventually killed by
exile, and prison terms ranging from the state in violation of international
six months to 20 years. Interviewees law. A member of the Campaign for
Vol. 20 / No. 1216 - Friday, Dec. 07, 2012 also reported the arrest, detention One Million Signatures, which fights
and interrogation of family members for an end to laws that discriminate
and friends, and maintained that against Iranian women, Sotoudeh
family and friends were threatened, also defended several of her fellow
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ insulted and tortured for the purpose members who faced prosecution,
of placing pressure on detainees, including Nahid Keshavarz and
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ or to discourage them from public Nasim Khosravi.
discussions about the situation of First arrested in June 2008 while
their loved ones.” preparing to attend a national
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ Reacting to news of the end of women's solidarity event, she
Sotoudeh's hunger strike, Peter faced trial the next February for
Godwin, president of PEN American disturbing the peace but was not
Center, which awarded her the PEN/ sentenced. In August 2010, her
Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to home and office were raided and
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer Write Award last year, declared, assets frozen. Summoned to Evin
“Nasrin Sotoudeh embodies the following month, she was denied
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- the bravery of the Iranian people's bail, effective legal representation,
struggle for the rule of law and a and family visitation. In response to
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- vibrant civil society. That she was her treatment, on October 6, 2010,
imprisoned at all is appalling. That she began her first hunger strike.
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- she was forced to risk her own health Two more followed through January
to end the vindictive persecution 2011. Each of the three lasted at least
47 NORTH SHORE LAW LLP of family members has shocked three weeks. Her most recent hunger
consciences in Iran and around the strike is believed to have been her
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. world. Now is the time for everyone longest.
who shares Nasrin's unbending
klotfali@northshorelaw.com commitment to protecting the rights Copyright © 2012 Tehran Bureau
47 Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike
after Daughter's Travel Ban Lifted
by DAN GEIST house arrest since February
Dec 5 2012 2011 -- the authorities'
concession came after
Human rights champion halts Sotoudeh's husband, Reza
perilous seven-week protest after Khandan, and a number
1391 رذآ17 جمعه- 1216 شماره/ سال متسیب primary demand is met. of women's rights activists
met with a group of Majles
[ in focus ] Jailed human rights deputies who were about to
lawyer and journalist Nasrin undertake an investigation
Sotoudeh ended a hunger strike of into the circumstances
49 days after Iranian authorities surrounding her
acceded to her demand that they no detention. The legislators
longer bar her 12-year-old daughter, subsequently pursued the
Mehraveh, from traveling abroad. issue with Speaker Ali
Sotoudeh is incarcerated in Tehran's Larijani and his brother,
Evin Prison, along with many other judiciary chief Ayatollah
political prisoners; she has served Sadegh Larijani. On
27 months of a six-year sentence Tuesday evening, Khandan
on charges of disseminating reported on his Facebook
"propaganda," violating mandatory page that his wife had ended
hejab, and "acting against national her hunger strike and that
security." Her blood pressure had he had just returned from
reportedly fallen dangerously low an "extraordinary meeting"
toward the end of her hunger strike, with her.
in which she consumed only salted Sotoudeh was protesting not only the was the fourth hunger strike she has of the Iranian people to stand with
and sugared water. travel ban placed on her daughter, undertaken since she was imprisoned her and call for her freedom.”
According to the Kaleme website but also repeated interference in September 2010. After her release, Sotoudeh defended a variety of
-- associated with Green Movement with her own family visitation and she will face decade-long bans on clients as a member of the Center
leader and former presidential telephone call rights. In addition to performing legal work and traveling for the Defense of Human Rights
candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehraveh, Sotoudeh and Khandan outside the country. -- her work for the group was the
In touch with Iranian diversity who has been under extralegal have a four-year-old son, Nima. This Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, the United rationale for the "acting against
Nations special rapporteur on the national security" charge -- and the
situation of human rights in the Society for the Protection of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, noted in Rights of Children. They included
his latest report -- presented to U.N. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin
officials in September and publicly Ebadi, opposition party leader
released the following month -- the Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, journalists
many accounts that Iranian such as Isa Saharkhiz, and student
“human rights defenders activists such as Atefeh Nabavi.
Lawyers ICBC ﻭﻛﻼ in general are subjected to unfair Another client, Arash Rahmanipour,
Claims ٦٠٤- ٩٨٢- ٤٠٥١ trials and issued severe sentences, supposedly committed "anti-
604 - 982 - 4051 ٦٠٤- ٩٨٠ -٨٥٧١ including flogging, long-term state" offenses as a minor; he was
604 - 980 - 8571 activity and travel bans, long-term convicted and eventually killed by
exile, and prison terms ranging from the state in violation of international
six months to 20 years. Interviewees law. A member of the Campaign for
Vol. 20 / No. 1216 - Friday, Dec. 07, 2012 also reported the arrest, detention One Million Signatures, which fights
and interrogation of family members for an end to laws that discriminate
and friends, and maintained that against Iranian women, Sotoudeh
family and friends were threatened, also defended several of her fellow
ﺑﺮﺍی ﻣﺸﺎﻭﺭﻩ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ ﻟﻄﻔﺎ ﺑﺎ insulted and tortured for the purpose members who faced prosecution,
of placing pressure on detainees, including Nahid Keshavarz and
ﺁﻗﺎی ﻛﺎﻣﻴﻞ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﻰ or to discourage them from public Nasim Khosravi.
discussions about the situation of First arrested in June 2008 while
their loved ones.” preparing to attend a national
. ﺗﻤﺎﺱ ﺑﮕﻴﺮﻳﺪ،ﻭﻛﻴﻞ ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻰ ﺯﺑﺎﻥ Reacting to news of the end of women's solidarity event, she
Sotoudeh's hunger strike, Peter faced trial the next February for
Godwin, president of PEN American disturbing the peace but was not
Center, which awarded her the PEN/ sentenced. In August 2010, her
Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to home and office were raided and
Kamil Lotfali, lawyer Write Award last year, declared, assets frozen. Summoned to Evin
“Nasrin Sotoudeh embodies the following month, she was denied
ﺳﺎﻝ ﺗﺠﺮﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ٣٠ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﻪﺣﻘﻮﻗﻰ "ﻧﻮﺭﺕﺷﻮﺭﻻ " ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺶﺍﺯ- the bravery of the Iranian people's bail, effective legal representation,
struggle for the rule of law and a and family visitation. In response to
ﺩﺳﺘﻤﺰﺩیﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﺨﻮﺍﻫﻴﻢﻛﺮﺩ، ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖﻧﻨﻤﺎﺋﻴﻢICBC ﺗﺎﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕﺷﻤﺎﺭﺍ ﺍﺯ- vibrant civil society. That she was her treatment, on October 6, 2010,
imprisoned at all is appalling. That she began her first hunger strike.
ICBC ﺩﺭﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻫﺮﮔﻮﻧﻪ ﺧﺴﺎﺭﺕ ﺟﺎﻧﻰ ﻭ ﻣﺎﻟﻰ ﺍﺯ- she was forced to risk her own health Two more followed through January
to end the vindictive persecution 2011. Each of the three lasted at least
47 NORTH SHORE LAW LLP of family members has shocked three weeks. Her most recent hunger
consciences in Iran and around the strike is believed to have been her
6th Floor, 171 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, B.C. world. Now is the time for everyone longest.
who shares Nasrin's unbending
klotfali@northshorelaw.com commitment to protecting the rights Copyright © 2012 Tehran Bureau
