Document #1000073

OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)

Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of human rights defenders continue

http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/iran/2011/09/d21409/

ecoi.net description:
Judicial harassment against Nasrin Sotoudeh; the human rights lawyer was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment and a 10-year ban on practising as a lawyer; arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Mohammad Seifzadeh continues; Seifzadeh has been in Evin prison since April 2011
Country:
Iran
Source:
OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)
Published:
16 September 2011
Original link:
http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/iran/2011/09/d21409/
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Document ID:
1000073 (former ID 202204)

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