Nasrin Sotoudeh Interview with NPR: My Release A Gesture, Not A New Era: When Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, was — along with 11 other high-profile political prisoners — many Iranians saw the move as opening a new era following the election of centrist President Hassan Rouhani. He had promised to release political prisoners rounded up after the contested 2009 elections, when thousands of protesters, known as the Green Movement, were tried and jailed. (Read this NPR article here: npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/05/05/309728994/iranian-activist-says-her-release-is-a-gesture-not-a-new-era)
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 13:54:52 +0000
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