{"id":3267,"date":"2019-03-14T13:10:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2019-03-14T13:10:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:10:39","slug":"nasrin-sotoudeh-iran-human-rights-lawyer-jailed-for-38-years-say-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2019\/03\/14\/nasrin-sotoudeh-iran-human-rights-lawyer-jailed-for-38-years-say-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasrin Sotoudeh: Iran human rights lawyer jailed for 38 years, say family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to a total of 38 years in jail and 148 lashes in Tehran, her family say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nasrin Sotoudeh was charged with several national security-related offences, all of which she denies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rights groups strongly criticised the &#8220;shocking&#8221; sentence against the award-winning human rights activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Sotoudeh is known for representing women who have protested having to wear the headscarf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Nasrin Sotoudeh has dedicated her life to defending women&#8217;s rights and speaking out against the death penalty,&#8221; Philip Luther from Amnesty International said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is utterly outrageous that Iran&#8217;s authorities are punishing her for her human rights work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/blogs-trending-42788549\">Iranian hijab protester: Where is she?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-14541327\">Iran country profile<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Sotoudeh&#8217;s husband confirmed her sentence on Facebook, after a brief phone conversation with her from prison, according to the Center for Human Rights in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her lawyer said she was charged with spreading information against the state, insulting Iran&#8217;s supreme leader and spying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is Nasrin Sotoudeh?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is among at least seven human rights lawyers who were arrested in Iran last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/468A\/production\/_105985081_gettyimages-180961537.jpg\" alt=\"Nasrin Sotoudeh (L) speaks on the phone next to her husband Reza Khandan in 2013\" \/><figcaption>Image captionMs Sotoudeh, seen here with her husband in 2013, has been jailed before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to her arrest in June, she represented a number of women arrested for appearing in public without a headscarf, or hijab &#8211; a punishable offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She reportedly faced nine charges in two trials &#8211; one was held without her being present. She has been given the long prison term and the sentence of lashes as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-12149201\">Iran &#8216;jails human rights lawyer&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-20605676\">Iran lawyer &#8216;ends hunger strike&#8217;<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms Sotoudeh is also a former political prisoner &#8211; she was jailed between 2010 and 2013 on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She denied those charges and while in prison the European Parliament gave her the Sakharov prize for Freedom of Thought for her work representing opposition activists.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to a total of 38 years in jail and 148 lashes in Tehran, her family say. Nasrin Sotoudeh was charged with several national security-related offences, all of which she denies. Rights groups strongly criticised the &#8220;shocking&#8221; sentence against the award-winning human rights activist. 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