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Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years, 148 lashes, husband says
Thomson Reuters ^ | Mar 11, 2019

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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1 posted on 03/12/2019 8:22:40 AM PDT by george76
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Reaction from the NOW Gang

*Crickets* Followed by “Orange Man Bad!”


2 posted on 03/12/2019 8:23:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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There’s that religion or love and peace again.


3 posted on 03/12/2019 8:26:23 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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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.


4 posted on 03/12/2019 8:26:54 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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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.


5 posted on 03/12/2019 8:26:59 AM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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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.


6 posted on 03/12/2019 8:29:37 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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You’re right.

Selective Indignation is typical of the Left.

For example, just ask Juanita Broderick and many others.


7 posted on 03/12/2019 8:29:37 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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How can we get our Feminists her in the USA to go there to Fight for Womens Rights??


8 posted on 03/12/2019 8:44:41 AM PDT by eyeamok
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Feminism is not about the rights of women anymore.. hijacked by the Alinsky Left.


9 posted on 03/12/2019 8:47:13 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years, 148 lashes, husband says

So basically, she was sentenced to death.

10 posted on 03/12/2019 8:48:40 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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Send Gloria Allred over there to represent her.


11 posted on 03/12/2019 8:50:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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A fraction of those 148 lashes will kill her ?


12 posted on 03/12/2019 8:50:37 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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In the Royal Navy back in the 19th century 40 lashes was generally enough to kill a man.


13 posted on 03/12/2019 8:53:56 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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Crickets from the EU, too...


14 posted on 03/12/2019 8:54:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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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


15 posted on 03/12/2019 9:08:34 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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Sharia law coming soon to Minnesota, Michigan, Maine, and anywhere else obozo's muzzies ended up en masse.

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


16 posted on 03/12/2019 9:13:50 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
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International Women’s Day is only for leftists.


17 posted on 03/12/2019 9:26:53 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks george76.

18 posted on 03/12/2019 10:23:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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Jimmy Carter, this blood is on your hands.


19 posted on 03/12/2019 10:31:20 AM PDT by doomtrooper99 (Mr Truman, you did not finish the job)
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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


20 posted on 03/12/2019 10:36:28 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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