International Campaign for Human Rights: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Iranian lawyer Shirin Ebadi announced a sit-in in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva to demand the release of her embattled colleague in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh. The sit-in will start on 20 December. Sotoudeh, 47, is a prominent human rights lawyer who has been held in solitary confinement for the past 103 days and is reportedly on hunger strike. She has been bravely outspoken in defense of her clients, particularly since the disputed June 2009 presidential election >>>
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by yolanda on Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:32 PM PSTI hope we don't lose this great lady.....she is a brave human rights lawyer.....also a wife and mom for 2 young kids!