Larijani defends arrest of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh نسرین ستوده

NBC News interview this week with Mohammad-Javad Larijani, an Iranian politician, cleric and academic.
Larijani is the head of the human rights council in the judiciary and a top adviser to the supreme leader Khamenei.
Sotoudeh was detained in September and faces trial for "collusion against national security" and "spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic."
Larijani told NBC News that his agency would be "very sensitive on these cases," but he maintained that Iranian authorities believed that she was engaged "in a very nasty campaign" against Iran's national security.


Global CALL for URGENT Protests in Support of Iranian Women

Time: Monday, December 20. 9:00am - 1:00pm
Location : Protest outside the United Nations Offices in Genève, Switzerland by a group of women's rights activists

Free Nasrin Sotoudeh
Press Release No. 1

Freedom-Loving People of the World

The life of Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer and women rights activist, is in danger. Nasrin was arrested by Iranian authorities on 4th September 2010 for her activity in defending human rights in Iran and has been held in prison for more than 103 days. The prosecutor has charged her with propaganda against the state and also for actions against national security. Under Iranian law the accused can only be held in custody for a maximum of seven days without charge after the preliminary investigation has taken place.

Furthermore, under Iranian law it is illegal to hold the accused in solitary confinement after they have been charged. However, Mrs Sotodee has been held in solitary confinement since the day of her arrest and her lawyer's attempts to get bail have fallen on deaf ears. As a result, Mrs Sotoudeh has decided to go on a hunger strike, in protest against the illegitimate circumstances surrounding her arrest. From the 4th December she has moved onto a dry hunger strike (no food or water)

Unfortunately, not only have they continued to keep her against her human rights they have further accused her of crimes against Islamic dress-codes in Iran.

We, the signatories of this Declaration, are a group of women's rights activists, many of whom have worked alongside this brave lawyer or have been defended by her in the past. Blatant violation of her basic human rights and our desire to show solidarity with her have led us carry out a sit-in outside the United Nations offices in Genève from 20th December 2010.

We are appealing to all the free-thinking people of the world, women-rights activists and all the members of world human rights family to join us in our demand for freeing Nasrin Sotoudeh as soon as possible. Please support us in any way you can, from joining us in sitting-in protest to sending a protest e-mail and letter to Iranian government, organising a picket in front of Iranian embassies across the world or any other possible method. Please help us to reach the voice of our detained colleague to the world.

Signatories;

Shirin Ebadi, Khadijeh Mogaddam, Mansoureh Shojaee, Parvin Ardalan, Shadi Sadr, Asieh Amini, Mahbubeh Abbasgholizade
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2010/12/ebadi-announces-sit-in/

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[PIROOZNAHAAVANDI]

This mother fucker isn't even Iranian

[nilo723]

Iran has right to block foreign funded political opposition in their country after what the US did to them in 1953..

[Flitterflummi]

Mr LARIJANI you are completly brainwashed if you are not able to recognize that so called Islamic Republic is against ISLAM against GOD and against HUMANITY!!! it doesn't matter to what kind of religion you belong to, or even IF you are atheist... important is how you treat people around you in real life...a good character is more important than any book and God is with them, who love people not with them who KILL PEOPLE !!! Especially not with them who kill people in HIS NAME !!!

[kootorand]

This creep and his cohorts (including his siblings) are most disgraceful nad most disgusting.

Islam needs no defaming because Islam in itself is the school of crime and hate, that is why it's founders and followers from the begining have had to resort to murder, rape, burglary, and weapons.

This bearded creature would not know what human rights is if he dropped on it flat faced. All that he and his brothers want is power and money.

You and your brothers turn my stomch Larijani.

[setareh6278]

Shame on you, your bosses and Your Islam Larijani. When you talk, I feel so disgusted that I want to throw up.