#Nasrin Sotoudeh

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NASRIN SOTOUDEH

30 May 1963

IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER

            Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human rights activist in Iran. She represented activists, politicians, teenagers, children and women who have been arrested for not wearing a hijab. She also was publicly vocal against the death penalty.  

            Sotoudeh has been arrested and imprisoned numerous times, accused of spreading propaganda and on national security-related offences for defending women and protesting against the forced hijab laws. She praised Iran female activists who are protesting against the hijab law.

            In Iran women are not allowed to leave their homes unless they were wearing a hijab and have to cover up their arms and legs with loose clothing.

            Sotoudeh is married to a modern minded man, Reza Khandan who supports her and the couple have two children together.

            She was arrested in 2018 and imprisoned in Tehran, she was to be imprisoned for 38 years as well as being lashed 148 times (the lashings didn’t take place). She has stated that she has been mistreated in prison and her family and friends have been harassed. Amnesty and other human rights groups were active in having her released.

            Sotoudeh was released from prison in 2021 due to medical reasons. She is banned from practicing law and not permitted to leave Iran.

            The documentary Nasrin (2020) was made about her and the women of Iran struggles.

#nasrinsotoudeh #iran #tehran #humanrights #nasrin #nasrin2020

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Nasrin Sotoudeh

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Nasrin Sotoudeh avvocata e attivista simbolo della lotta per la giustizia in Iran.

Ha vinto il premio PEN/Barbara Goldsmith per la libertà di scrittura e, nel 2012, il Premio Sacharov per la difesa dei diritti umani.

Ha dedicato la vita allo Stato di diritto, ai  diritti dei prigionieri politici, alla difesa degli attivisti dell’opposizione, delle donne e dei bambini di fronte al regime iraniano.

Nata a Tehran, il 30 maggio 1963 è laureata in diritto internazionale. Nonostante fosse abilitata, per otto anni non le è stato consentito esercitare la professione. Ha allora collaborato con diverse riviste riformiste iraniane provando a denunciare, coi suoi reportage, le tante violazioni dei diritti umani del suo paese, soprattutto verso le donne.

Si è sempre battuta per garantire procedure legali adeguate a donne, prigionieri di coscienza, attivisti politici e dissidenti.

Ha difeso minori condannati a morte prima di raggiungere la maggiore età e organizzato attività extragiudiziali per salvare gli adolescenti dal braccio della morte.

Si è spesa per la tutela dei minori e delle donne maltrattate in ambito domestico, pretendendo l’intervento di perizie psicologiche e specialisti per verificare i casi di abuso.

Presa di mira e perseguitata dalle autorità, è stata arrestata, per la prima volta, nel settembre 2010 con l’accusa di diffusione di propaganda contro lo Stato e condannata a 11 anni di carcere, col divieto di esercitare la professione legale per venti anni oltre a una restrizione sui diritti sociali e i viaggi all’estero. La sentenza è stata poi commutata in sei anni di reclusione e dieci di divieto di esercitare la professione. Durante la prigionia è stata tenuta per lunghi periodi in isolamento in cui le veniva negato il diritto di vedere il marito e i figli. Nel 2013 una grande protesta nazionale e internazionale ha portato alla sua liberazione. Dopo un anno di protesta e ricorsi, è riuscita a farsi ridurre e poi revocare la sospensione a esercitare l’avvocatura.

Il 13 giugno 2018 è stata di nuovo arrestata e condannata a 33 anni di carcere e a 148 frustate per aver assunto la difesa di Shaparak Shajarizadeh e di altre donne che protestavano contro l’obbligo d’indossare lo hijab.

Ha lavorato a stretto contatto i difensori del Centro per i diritti umani e col Premio Nobel per la pace Shirin Ebadi che, dopo il suo arresto, ne ha chiesto insistentemente il rilascio esprimendo forte preoccupazione per il suo stato di salute.

Nel 2020, mentre era detenuta durante la pandemia da Covid-19, ha portato avanti uno sciopero della fame durato sei settimane, per protestare contro le condizioni di detenzione dei prigioneri politici. Dopo essere stata ricoverata, senza ottenere le cure adeguate, è tornata in carcere molto provata fisicamente.

Amnesty International ha indetto da anni una campagna per la sua liberazione.

Le accuse contro di lei sono la conseguenza del suo pacifico lavoro in favore dei diritti umani, la sua difesa delle donne che protestano contro l’obbligo di indossare il velo e la sua pubblica opposizione alla pena di morte.

Nel 2020 è stato anche realizzato, in maniera clandestina, un film sulla sua storia dal titolo Nasrin che ha visto la partecipazione di rappresentanti del mondo della cultura e dell’attivismo che hanno rischiato la galera per averne fatto parte e che è stato presentato nei più importanti festival internazionali sui diritti umani.

Da novembre ha ottenuto un congedo sanitario con domicilio coatto nella sua abitazione per gravi problemi di salute e da lì, sprezzante del pericolo e della sua incolumità continua a far sentire potente la sua voce di dissenso in sostegno delle proteste che stanno coinvolgendo la cittadinanza in Iran.

Un grande esempio di coraggio e forza.

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emmawatson:🌻✨✌🏻 So honoured to be working alongside Nobel Peace Laureates @ nadia_murad_taha, @ drdenismukwege @ ouidedbouchamaoui, and other 🧠 thought leaders, 🌈 creatives and 🌱💪🏻 campaigners such as @ AranyaJohar Assia Benziane @ missaissa as part of the Gender Equality Council advising the G7 this year during the French Presidency. 💐 It’s a source of sadness to us all that Nasrin Sotoudeh can only participate in absentia. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🤲🏻💞 Together we’ll be continuing the work of the first Council convened last year in Canada and will be pushing G7 states and others to do more to make gender equality a reality at home and abroad. ⏰ At a time when many might feel a loss of confidence in politicians and the state, it’s easy to forget how vital 🗳 national governments and👩🏼‍⚖️ legislation are in the ⚙️ wheel of factors that create meaningful and lasting change.♟📰 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ❤️🚨 Disengaging is quite simply not an option when in many parts of the world, we’re seeing roll-backs 🕰🔙 on women and girls’ rights and 🚫💰 cutbacks and corrosions to the basic state services that guarantee these rights. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🙋🏼‍♀️ As a Council, we’ll be recommending ways that states can improve their laws 🔎📜✍🏻 to strengthen women’s rights and will be encouraging them to make new commitments to ensure accountability and access to justice. 🗣⚖️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🏃🏼‍♀️💨 The clock is ticking though and we have a lot of work to do before the G7 meets in the summer, ⏳☀️ but I’m excited to work alongside so many experts I admire, and to learn from my Council colleagues and the civil society groups that come together as W7. ✊🏻💛 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As one of the youngest members of the group, 🍃🌸 I hope to bring the perspective of different generations to the table, as well as ensuring that the voices of the many activists, campaigners, women’s organisations and movements that I’ve spent the past years working with and👂🏻💓 listening to, reverberate through the Council’s work. 🎶🌼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @ g7 #g7biarritz 

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Another Kurdish girl was murdered in the hands of Iranian morality police btw, if you haven’t heard yet. Her name was Armita Garavand.

Her family is denied to bury her body in their own hometown. Her funeral took place in another cemetery where Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human right activist, was severly beaten and arrested.

Kurdish women in Iran not only is persecuted for being a woman, but also for being Kurdish.

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Can’t stop thinking about this, the horrors the Iranian people are going through, and how little western powers are doing about it. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s torture and murder of its own citizens deserves every bit as much international outrage and action as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and we all need to ask ourselves why that isn’t happening. #Repost @iraniandiasporacollective with @use.repost ・・・ Journalist and political commentator, @nickkristof, published a powerful piece calling on America and the West to show as much strength in opposing the Islamic Republic’s tyrannical regime as the brave Iranians inside Iran have. Scroll through for some highlights, including quotes by Nasrin Sotoudeh and Amir Soltani as well as @nickkristof’s personal experience visiting Iran. Read the insightful and impactful Op-Ed published in the @nytimes in its entirety by clicking the link in our stories. #iranrevolution #womanlifefreedom #stopexecutionsiniran #freeiran #opiran #iranianprotests #mahsaamini #jinaamini #zanzendegiazadi #womensrights #sexualassault #warcrimes #iran #betheirvoice #jinjiyanazadi #stopexecutionsiniran #stoptheexecution #islamicrepublicofiran #humanrights #iranianwomen #iranprotests #iranrevolution2022 #baraye #mahsaaminiمهسا_امینی https://www.instagram.com/p/CmaEMYwOGBR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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June in media

📚 readings

Go with the clouds, North by Northwest vol. 2-7: magical realism my beloved i need to live in a world where poignant moments get underlined by beautiful illustrations. Also Kiyoshi is my bestie actually

Un matrimonio ideale e altre novelle (Pirandello): variations on the theme of marriage, very interesting

🎥 movies

5cm per second: mixed vibes at times it's very good and at times I was seething at the neverending soliloquies

Nasrin (2020): documentary about the Iranian lawyer and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh. Chilled me to the bones, truly the spirit of human endurance.

BlaKKKlansman: nothing has fucking changed. Nothing.

📺 series

9-1-1 s7 (ep 7-8-9-10): what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck

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NASRIN SOTOUDEH

NASRIN SOTOUDEH

30 May 1963

IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER

            Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human rights activist in Iran. She represented activists, politicians, teenagers, children and women who have been arrested for not wearing a hijab. She also was publicly vocal against the death penalty.  

            Sotoudeh has been arrested and imprisoned numerous times, accused of spreading propaganda and on national security-related offences for defending women and protesting against the forced hijab laws. She praised Iran female activists who are protesting against the hijab law.

            In Iran women are not allowed to leave their homes unless they were wearing a hijab and have to cover up their arms and legs with loose clothing.

            Sotoudeh is married to a modern minded man, Reza Khandan who supports her and the couple have two children together.

            She was arrested in 2018 and imprisoned in Tehran, she was to be imprisoned for 38 years as well as being lashed 148 times (the lashings didn’t take place). She has stated that she has been mistreated in prison and her family and friends have been harassed. Amnesty and other human rights groups were active in having her released.

            Sotoudeh was released from prison in 2021 due to medical reasons. She is banned from practicing law and not permitted to leave Iran.

            The documentary Nasrin (2020) was made about her and the women of Iran struggles.

#nasrinsotoudeh #iran #tehran #humanrights #nasrin #nasrin2020

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Famed Iranian Rights Lawyer Reportedly Jailed and Beaten

Nasrin Sotoudeh was one of several activists arrested at the funeral of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old girl who reportedly died at the hands of Iran’s hijab enforcers. source https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/world/middleeast/iran-sotoudeh-rights-lawyer.html

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Antonio Velardo shares: Famed Iranian Rights Lawyer Reportedly Jailed and Beaten by Leily Nikounazar

By Leily Nikounazar Nasrin Sotoudeh was one of several activists arrested at the funeral of Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old girl who reportedly died at the hands of Iran’s hijab enforcers. Published: October 30, 2023 at 07:42PM from NYT World https://ift.tt/t57g3bk via IFTTT