GENEVA (21 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued imprisonment of woman human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and called for her immediate release. “Nasrin Sotoudeh has been systematically criminalised for her work in defence of human rights, particularly the rights of women who oppose compulsory veiling laws,” Dubravka Simonovic, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, said.
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 21 June 2021. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
