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Iran hands Nobel winner fresh jail term - lawyer
BBC ^ | 19/6/24 | David Gritten

Posted on 06/18/2024 11:35:46 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

A court in Iran has sentenced the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi to an additional year in prison, her lawyer says. The 52-year-old human rights activist was convicted of spreading “propaganda against the system” by a branch of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, Mostafa Nili wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He said the reasons cited by the court included “comments about Ms Dina Qalibaf”, a student who alleged she was tortured and sexually assaulted by security forces, as well as her call to boycott March’s election and letters to Swedish and Norwegian MPs. Ms Mohammadi had refused to attend the trial, denouncing it as “unjust and farcical”. There was no immediate confirmation from the Iranian judiciary.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lawfare; morejail; nargesmohammadi; womensrights
Javijaa Yusef AlBaideni!
1 posted on 06/18/2024 11:35:46 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

I’d kill for a peace prize.


2 posted on 06/19/2024 1:56:37 AM PDT by brooklin
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To: brooklin

Trump was nominated, fwiw.


3 posted on 06/19/2024 2:42:51 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

“her call to boycott March’s election “

Questioning the legitimacy of an election?? The DNC-DOJ would have asked for 20 years in solitary.


4 posted on 06/19/2024 6:39:33 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: edwinland

Most likely, she’ll get exactly that. DNC-DOJ is playing catch-up.


5 posted on 06/19/2024 8:03:56 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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