Iran Jails Yet Another Human Rights Lawyer: 11 years
The court imprisoned Nasrin—and barred her from practicing law or leaving the country for 20 years—after finding her guilty of “acting against national security” and of “propaganda against the regime.” Iran’s government routinely levels these charges against lawyers, journalists, nongovernmental organization workers and others whose work it finds troublesome. Nasrin’s only crime has been her passionate defense of Iran’s most legally vulnerable citizens: juvenile offenders facing the death penalty, human rights campaigners, and prisoners of conscience.