Sotoudeh has spent her career fighting for the rights of women, children, religious minorities, journalists and artists, and those facing the death penalty.
Iranian Human Rights Attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh Named ‘Global Human Rights Defender’ by U.S. State DepartmentActivists attend the birthday party of jailed lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, outside the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran on May 31, 2019, in The Hague, Netherlands. Nasrin Sotoudeh had been sentenced in March to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for protesting the death penalty and against the obligation to wear a headscarf.
Sotoudeh has spent her career fighting for the rights of women, children, religious minorities, journalists and artists, and those facing the death penalty. In these difficult times, when the women’s movement in the United States is facing assault and the right to abortion has been radically restricted, I wish to stand by you and declare my support from our corner of the world.
Especially worrisome is the fact that this threat is emerging in what has long been the most powerful heartland of the global movement for women’s rights: the United States. It is extremely sad to see your country move away from the principles of freedom and progress that have long been such an inspiration. We should all be alarmed by what will fill the void. …
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