Nasrin Sotoude on hunger strike / URGENT ACTION

HRANA News Agency – Ms Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in September 2010 on charges of spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security and has been imprisoned in solitary confinement in Evin Prison.

On September 25 she began a hunger strike to protest being denied visits and phone calls from her family. On October 31 Ms Sotoudeh continued to protest her detention and ill treatment. In January 2011 Ms. Sotoudeh was sentenced to 11 years in prison in addition to the block to exercise its right and to leave the country for 20 years. 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.

Link story Nasrin Sotoudeh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasrin_Sotoudeh

link petitions:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/immediate-release-iranian-lawyers-nasrin-sotoudeh-javi.html

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/free-nasrin-sotoudeh-human-rights-lawyer-in-prison-in-iran

LETTER

Object: Iranian lawyer on hunger strike

Your Excellency,

I wish to appeal to you on behalf of Nasrin Sotoudeh who is the subject of my deepest concern.

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.

On October 17, Ms. Sotoudeh has begun a hunger strike in Evin prison. I ask that Ms. Sotoudeh to receive regular visits of his family. 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

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Keshvar Doust Street,

Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

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President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The Presidency

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Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani

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Secretary General High Council for Human Rights

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Mohammed Javad Larijani

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Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

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Ambasciatore Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini

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