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| 'No choice': jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh goes on hunger strike | 'No choice': jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh goes on hunger strike |
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| Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has begun another hunger strike in prison. | Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has begun another hunger strike in prison. |
| Sotoudeh announced her hunger strike on Saturday in a note posted on her husband’s Facebook page. | Sotoudeh announced her hunger strike on Saturday in a note posted on her husband’s Facebook page. |
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| She was launching her protest over the recent arrest of a prominent civil rights activist and the harassment of his and her families by security forces. | She was launching her protest over the recent arrest of a prominent civil rights activist and the harassment of his and her families by security forces. |
| Sotoudeh served about half of a six-year jail sentence imposed in 2010 for spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security – charges she denied – before being freed in 2013. | Sotoudeh served about half of a six-year jail sentence imposed in 2010 for spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security – charges she denied – before being freed in 2013. |
| She was arrested again in June and her husband, Reza Khandan, told Iranian media she is facing security charges. | She was arrested again in June and her husband, Reza Khandan, told Iranian media she is facing security charges. |
| “Since none of my correspondence with the authorities has produced a result, I have no choice but to start a hunger strike as of [25 August] in protest against the judicial arrests and pressure against my family, relatives and friends,” Sotoudeh wrote on Khandan’s Facebook page. | “Since none of my correspondence with the authorities has produced a result, I have no choice but to start a hunger strike as of [25 August] in protest against the judicial arrests and pressure against my family, relatives and friends,” Sotoudeh wrote on Khandan’s Facebook page. |
| She added the words: “With the hope of the establishment of law and justice in our dear country Iran.” | She added the words: “With the hope of the establishment of law and justice in our dear country Iran.” |
| Sotoudeh, who has represented Iranian opposition activists, embarked on an earlier 50-day hunger strike in 2012 in protest against a travel ban on her daughter. | Sotoudeh, who has represented Iranian opposition activists, embarked on an earlier 50-day hunger strike in 2012 in protest against a travel ban on her daughter. |
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| Her case then caused an international outcry during which the US and the human rights group Amnesty International criticised Iran. She was freed in September 2013 ahead of a visit to the United Nations by the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, soon after he was swept into office in part on promises of liberal reforms. | Her case then caused an international outcry during which the US and the human rights group Amnesty International criticised Iran. She was freed in September 2013 ahead of a visit to the United Nations by the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, soon after he was swept into office in part on promises of liberal reforms. |
| Sotoudeh recently represented a number of women who had removed their headscarves, or hijabs, in public to protest against Iran’s mandatory Islamic dress code for women, according to the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran. | Sotoudeh recently represented a number of women who had removed their headscarves, or hijabs, in public to protest against Iran’s mandatory Islamic dress code for women, according to the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran. |
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