Posted on 03/12/2019 8:22:40 AM PDT by george76
Sotoudeh has represented opposition activists and women who removed mandatory headscarf.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, was handed a new sentence on Monday which her husband said was 38 years in prison and 148 lashes.
Sotoudeh, who has represented opposition activists including women prosecuted for removing their mandatory headscarf, was arrested in June and charged with spying, spreading propaganda and insulting Iran's supreme leader, her lawyer said.
She also was jailed in 2010 for spreading propaganda and conspiring to harm state security charges she denied
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The news comes days after Iran appointed a new head of the judiciary Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric who is a protégé of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. The appointment is seen as weakening the political influence of President Hassan Rouhani,
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Reaction from the NOW Gang
*Crickets* Followed by “Orange Man Bad!”
There’s that religion or love and peace again.
I’m sure that US Democrats will remind us that this woman’s Islamaphobia is a great evil and her punishment is well-deserved. And, of course, the US continues to be the most evil nation on Earth, because OrangeManBad.
One day these Mullahs will be overthrown and if justice is truly served, burned as witches in the town square.
148 lashes for defending the dignity of a human being . . . wonder if Tlaib and Omar will bother commenting . . . or blame Zionist provocateurs for the lashings.
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an internationally renowned human rights lawyer jailed in Iran, was handed a new sentence on Monday which her husband said was 38 years in prison and 148 lashes.
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Seeing that we just celebrated International Womens Day; it is gratifying to see that Iran is truly keeping in the spirit of Womens Rights.
You’re right.
Selective Indignation is typical of the Left.
For example, just ask Juanita Broderick and many others.
How can we get our Feminists her in the USA to go there to Fight for Womens Rights??
Feminism is not about the rights of women anymore.. hijacked by the Alinsky Left.
So basically, she was sentenced to death.
Send Gloria Allred over there to represent her.
A fraction of those 148 lashes will kill her ?
In the Royal Navy back in the 19th century 40 lashes was generally enough to kill a man.
Crickets from the EU, too...
They aren’t all at once. They space them out - which is even worse torture because you know that in a few days or you’ll have to endure more
THAT'S the muthaphuqua that should be in shackles NOW !
All this aoc, omar, harris, ellison, and tlaib crab is a direct result of his actions as _resident in empty chair
International Women’s Day is only for leftists.
Thanks george76.
Jimmy Carter, this blood is on your hands.
It’s all Orange Man’s fault for rescinding the nuclear deal. What option did they have after that, except to jail another dissident? It’s on Orange Man./s
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