a warm, sunny morning in early June, Nasrin Sotoudeh arrived at the offices of the Iranian Bar Association in central Tehran shortly after 9 a.m. The bespectacled, petite 52-year-old was wearing a blue manteau, beige pants, and red shoes. To comply with the compulsory hijab law, Sotoudeh had covered her short hair with her […]
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Rights group stands up for jailed journalists
Human Rights Watch has issued an announcement calling for an immediate end to the abuse of two jailed Iranian journalists, Mohammad Seddigh Kaboodvand and Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi.