Nasrin Sotoudeh, a leading Iranian human rights
lawyer, winner of 2008 and 2012 United Nation and Sakharov Human Rights
awards, has become the symbol of non-violent civil society movement in
Iran.On October 15th of 2014, with the pressure from Ministry of Intelligence, Iranian Bar Association deprived her of practicing her profession for five years. Since October 18th of 2014, in protest to this unlawful action, she has staged a sit-in in front of the Iranian Bar Association and has vowed to continue this until “The right to freely work and practice one’s profession is recognized for people who think differently.”
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