Iran Bans Human Rights Lawyer From Practicing Law
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 19 October 2014 |
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A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer says she has been banned from practicing her profession for three years.
Nasrin Sotoudeh said October 19 that a Tehran court made the decision based on the demand of a court based at Evin Prison, where she was released last year after serving half of a six-year sentence for "actions against national security and committing propaganda against the regime."
Sotoudeh told AFP that she would not try to appeal the decision but will conduct a sit-down protest outside the Iran Bar Association's headquarters in Tehran, starting October 21.
A court last month authorized Sotoudeh -- who won the European parliament's Sakharov human rights prize in 2012 -- to resume her practice.
She has defended journalists and rights activists including Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.
