Iran Sentences Human Rights Lawyer to 11 Years in Jail

[Still a Democrat]

Source: New York Times

A human rights lawyer has been sentenced by the Iranian authorities to 11 years in jail for crimes that include “activities against national security” and “propaganda against the regime,” family members confirmed Monday. In addition to her jail sentence, the lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was barred from practicing law and from leaving the country for 20 years, her husband, Reza Khandan, said in a telephone interview on Monday.

Mr. Khandan said the main charges against his wife, who is well known here for her work defending women and children, stemmed from interviews she gave to foreign news outlets, even though “there is nowhere in the world, not even in Iran, where speaking to foreign media is a crime.”

The mother of two young children, Ms. Sotoudeh was arrested in September and has spent most of the time since her arrest in solitary confinement. She is thin and weak after conducting several hunger strikes to protest harsh treatment, her husband said. “However,” he added, “her spirit is strong.”

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/world/middleeast/11tehran.html

[davidinalameda]

1. guess he's another Israeli spy

:shrug:

[rpannier]

2. The only possible answer

It couldn't possibly be the behavior of an oppressive, theocratic government.

on note: Give this thread a little time and the "We have no right to complain look what the US is doing..." crowd chimes in.
It's not like some people can't see the failures by both governments.

[davidinalameda]

3. of course not

Iran is a wonderful democracy, sort of like North Korea is a workers' paradise