At least 44 Iranian lawyers have been arrested after representing people detained during three months of nationwide protests sparked by the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly.
According to a lawyer’s group that follows up on the status of detainees, 20 of the lawyers who have been arrested since September have been released on bail, while the rest are still in jail.
The report lists 56 lawyers from 12 Bar Associations across #Iran, though more have since been subjected to the systematic and tartgeted state crackdown.#IranRevolution #MahsaAmini
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— Iran Human Rights (IHR NGO) (@IHRights) December 22, 2022
Reports further indicate that stiff sentences have been issued to at least two Iranian lawyers.
Among them, Sina Yousefi, the vice chairman of the Lawyers’ Human Rights Commission in East Azarbaijan Province, was sentenced to six months in prison and banned from leaving the country for two years. His electronic devices were also confiscated.
Negin Kiani, a lawyer and a member of the East Azerbaijan Province Bar Association, has also been sentenced to one year in prison, banned from leaving the country, and banned from using mobile phones.
Kiani said that “propaganda against the regime” was one of the charges brought against her by the court.
Anger over the death of Amini has prompted thousands of Iranians to take to the streets to demand more freedoms and women’s rights in the biggest threat to the Islamic government since the 1979 revolution.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protests-40-lawyers-detained/32189170.html
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202212222464
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