HRW to Iran: stop harassing human rights lawyer
By Alison Sacriponte on Oct 28, 2014 02:14 pm[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] urged Iran Tuesday to stop detaining and harassing human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh [JURIST news archive]. HRW also urged Iranian officials to end interference in the internal affairs of Iran's bar association. HRW stressed that the government and the bar association need to ensure that no lawyer is disciplined for defending clients, and disciplinary hearings should be fair and independent. "The government's well-documented harassment of Nasrin Sotoudeh, including her recent detention and previous... +read more
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