URGENT
ACTION
On 28
August 2010, Iranian authorities raided Sotoudeh's office. At the time,
Sotoudeh was representing Zahra Bahrami, a Dutch-Iranian dual citizen charged
with security offenses; it was unclear whether the raid was related to Bahrami.
On 4 September 2010, Iranian authorities arrested Sotoudeh on charges of
spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security. The Washington Post
described the arrest as "highlighting an intensifying crackdown on lawyers
who defend influential opposition politicians, activists and journalists."
Persian
Community Demonstration in The Hague for Nasrin Sotoudeh, Dec. 2012
Amnesty
International launched an urgent call for her release, designating her a
prisoner of conscience and noting that she was "at risk of torture or
other ill-treatment". Sotoudeh, who is imprisoned in Evin Prison, was
reportedly held in solitary confinement.
On 9
January 2011, Iranian authorities sentenced Sotoudeh to 11 years in jail for
charges that include "activities against national security" and
"propaganda against the regime." Additionally, she has been barred
from practicing law and from leaving the country for 20 years. In mid-September
2011, an appeals court reduced Nasrin Sotoudeh's prison sentence to six years;
her ban from working as a lawyer was reduced to ten years.
On 25
September 2010, she began a hunger strike to protest being denied visits and
phone calls from her family. According to her husband, Sotoudeh ended her
hunger strike four weeks later, on 23 October.
On 17
October 2012, Sotoudeh began an indefinite hunger strike in protest of new
restrictions placed on her family visits. On the 47th day of strike, her
husband described her condition as:
Now her
health condition is so drastic that I don't expect her steady until our next
meeting. Dizziness, impaired vision, unsteadiness in walking and low pressure
are alarming signs of deterioration, besides the extreme thinness.
On 4
December 2012 Sotoudeh stopped her hunger strike after 49 days following a
short visit of some parliament members at Evin prison where they acknowledged
and implemented her requests on lifting her daughter's travel ban.
Lawyer
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s eyesight is deteriorating in prison, but she has not been
granted any leave to visit an ophthalmologist.
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LETTER
Object: Eyesight
of lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh is deteriorating in prison
Your
Excellency,
I would
like to take the opportunity to call your attention to the case of lawyer
Nasrin Sotoudeh.
Nasrin
Sotoudeh is a prominent lawyer in Iran. Sotoudeh was arrested in September 2010
on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security. In
January 2011, Iranian authorities sentenced Sotoudeh to 11 years in prison in
addition to barring her from practicing law and from leaving the country for 20
years. According to the Human Rights House of Iran, her sentenced has been
reduced to 6 years in prison, and a 10 year ban from practicing law. The 20
year ban for her to leave the country has not been mentioned in the appeals
court’s decision.
Lawyer
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s eyesight is deteriorating in prison, but she has not been
granted any leave to visit an ophthalmologist.
I ask
his immediate release. I ask immediate medical attention for its worrying state
of health.
Thanking
you in advance for your time on this important and urgent matter.
(your
name)
Address:
Leader
of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
Salutation:
Your Excellency
The Office of the Supreme Leader
Islamic Republic Street –End of Shahid
Keshvar Doust Street,
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: info_leader@leader.ir
Twitter: "#Iran Leader
President
of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Salutation:
Your Excellency
His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Presidency
Palestine Avenue, Azerbaijan Intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email:dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir
Head of
the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
Salutation:
Your Excellency
[care of] Public relations Office
Number 4, 2 Azizi Street
Vali Asr Ave., above Pasteur Street intersection
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email: bia.judi@yahoo.com (subject line: FAO Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani)
Secretary
General High Council for Human Rights
Salutation:
Your Excellency
Mohammed Javad Larijani
c/o Office of the Head of the Judicary
Pasteur St, Vali Asr Ave
South of Serah-e Jomhouri
Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Email:info@humanrights-iran.ir
(Subject line: FAO Mohammad Javad Larijani)
Ambassador
Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador
Ambasciata in Italia
della Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran
Via Nomentana,
361/363 - 00162 Roma
Tel. 0686328485-6-7
- Fax 0686328492
E-mail:
info@iranembassy.it
http://www.ambasciatairan.it/
Ambassador
Alì Ahanì
Salutation:
Dear Ambassador
Ambassade de la
République islamique d'Iran en France
4, avenue d’Iéna -
75116 Paris
Téléphone accueil :
01 40 69 79 00 - Fax de l’Ambassade : 01 40 70 01 57
E-mail:
cabinet@amb-iran.fr
http://www.amb-iran.fr/fr/index.html
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letter official website of the President of Iran
Send
letter official website of the office of the Supreme Leader of Iran
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