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Nasrin Sotoudeh

Iran in 2013: More of the Same

Chris DeVito | Posted 02.26.2013 | World
Read More: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Human Rights, Sattar Beheshti, Iran, Nuclear, Jafar Panahi, Iaea, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World News
Chris DeVito

Here is something we know about the coming year: It is going to be crucial for the future of Iran, the region and American interests in the Middle East. In assessing what the Iranian regime's behavior will be in the near future, the best guide is how it has behaved in the past.

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Nasrin Sotoudeh And The March Of Objects

Marina Furman | Posted 02.04.2013 | Religion
Read More: Freedom of Speech, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Religion and Politics, Religious Oppression, Freedom of Expression, Russian Jews, Perestroika, Religious Persecution, Judaism, Jewish Social Justice, Soviet Union, Religion News
Marina Furman

Iranian human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh sits starving in a prison cell in Tehran. Twenty-five years ago that was me. The prison was Leningrad, but the story was the same: a mother of young children punished by a dictatorial regime, yearning for the basic freedoms Americans sometimes take for granted.

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Advent, Tyranny And The Power Of Love

Charles Redfern | Posted 02.03.2013 | Religion
Read More: PBS News Hour, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Hunger Strike, Iran, Human Rights, Green Revolution, Advent, Christianity, Religion News
Charles Redfern

Can we be still during this Advent? Can we repent? Can we see that we need outside help like the people of Iran need the international community?

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A Nobel Prize, a Delegation, a Mixed Message

Chris DeVito | Posted 11.06.2012 | World
Read More: Sakharov Prize, Nasrin Sotoudeh, European Union, Iran, Nobel Prize, Jafar Panahi, EU Conflict, European Union Peace, Eu Peace Prize, Nobel Peace Prize, EU Iran Delegation, EU Nobel Peace, EU Iran Sanctions, World News
Chris DeVito

There is good reason to honor the EU for its most lasting accomplishment: a continent at peace. Bravo to the Nobel committee for its choice. But the EU is sending mixed messages Iran, a country as much a threat today to international peace as any.

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Iran Sentences Top Human Rights Lawyer To 11 Years

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Nasrin Sotoudeh Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh Sentenced, Iran Opposition, Iran Human Rights, Nasrin Sotoudeh Jail, Nasrin Sotoudeh Guilty, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer who defended opposition activists has been convicted of security offenses and sentenced t...

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Jailed Iranian Lawyer Puts Her Life on the Line

Hadi Ghaemi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Nasrin Sotoudeh, Hunger Strike, Iran, Human Rights, Iranian Lawyers, Navi Pillay, Un-High-Commissioner-for-Human-Rights, World News
Hadi Ghaemi

By Hadi Ghaemi and Aaron Rhodes On a dry hunger strike since 31 October, Iranian human right lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh's health is in serious danger in ...

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