• life
  • Animals/Pets
  • DIY
  • Family
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Daily top 10
  • Quiz
Skip to content

  • life
  • Animals/Pets
  • DIY
  • Family
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Daily top 10
  • Quiz

  • life
  • Animals/Pets
  • DIY
  • Family
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Daily top 10
  • Quiz

lawyer5.png?resize=1200,630 - Lawyer Faces 33 Years In Prison After Defending Women Who Removed Their Headscarves In Public

Lawyer Faces 33 Years In Prison After Defending Women Who Removed Their Headscarves In Public

A human rights lawyer has been jailed for 33 years after she represented protesters who removed their headscarves in public and shared the photos on social media.

ADVERTISEMENT

55-year-old Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian lawyer, was handed a sentence which her husband said was 148 lashes and 33 years in jail.

ADVERTISEMENT

She represented women protesting against the Islamic Republic’s mandatory headscarves for women. Many of the protesters recorded themselves removing the garment and shared it on social media.

Sotoudeh was arrested and charged with spreading propaganda, spying and insulting Iran’s supreme leader.

ADVERTISEMENT

In 2010, she was imprisoned for conspiring to harm state security and spreading propaganda. Sotoudeh was released after half her 6-year term.

ADVERTISEMENT

A judge said Sotoudeh had been sentenced to 5 years for assembling against national security and 2 years for insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Her husband, Reza Khandan, took to Facebook and wrote his wife was sentenced to 33 years in prison and 148 lashes. Sotoudeh had also been found guilty in absentia of espionage charges, sentencing her to 5 years.

ADVERTISEMENT

“Five years of prison for the first case, and 33 years with 148 lashes for the second,” Khandan wrote on Facebook.

“But only the longest sentence will be served, which is encouraging corruption and debauchery,” he added.

ADVERTISEMENT

Iran, often accused of abuse of human rights, said it had let the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore pay a visit. It seemed to be the first in many years by UN human rights investigators who have been denied access by the government.

ADVERTISEMENT

What’s your take on this matter? Let us know in the comments section and SHARE this with your family and friends!

 

ADVERTISEMENT

 

Recommended Video!

“A Tourist In Thailand Is Knocked To The Ground By A Group Of Women After Grabbing One Of The Girls”

Posts

t5.jpg - Rapper Kanye West Sparks Controversy With Claims Beyoncé & Jay-Z Use 'Black Magic' To Succeed
Daily top 10 • Entertainment

Rapper Kanye West Sparks Controversy With Claims Beyoncé & Jay-Z Use ‘Black Magic’ To Succeed

April 2, 2023
t4.jpg - EXCLUSIVE: Husband's Miracle As Wife Wakes Up TWO MONTHS After Being Put On Life Support
Daily top 10 • Health • life

EXCLUSIVE: Husband’s Miracle As Wife Wakes Up TWO MONTHS After Being Put On Life Support

April 2, 2023
t3.jpg - JUST IN: Family Search For Answers After 20-Year-Old 'Incredibly Gifted Student' Found DEAD In Water
Daily top 10 • life • news

JUST IN: Family Search For Answers After 20-Year-Old ‘Incredibly Gifted Student’ Found DEAD In Water

April 2, 2023
t2.jpg - EXCLUSIVE: Woman Undergoes 43 Cosmetic Procedures To Turn Into A Barbie Doll But Now Looks Like A ZOMBIE
Daily top 10 • Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Woman Undergoes 43 Cosmetic Procedures To Turn Into A Barbie Doll But Now Looks Like A ZOMBIE

April 2, 2023
t1.jpg - EXCLUSIVE: Reese Witherspoon Officially Files For DIVORCE From Her 'Estranged Husband' Jim Toth
Daily top 10 • Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Reese Witherspoon Officially Files For DIVORCE From Her ‘Estranged Husband’ Jim Toth

April 2, 2023

Pages

  • Editors
  • Privacy policy
  • SmallJoys
  • Terms of Service

[rsnippet name="sitename" multi-site="true"] Copyright 2020. All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy   [rsnippet name="termsofservice" multi-site="true"]   [rsnippet name="editors" multi-site="true"] [rsnippet name="naver-post" multi-site="true"]