Monday , 29 April 2024

IRAN: LAWYER SENTENCED TO OVER 29 YEARS IN PRISON: AMIRSALAR DAVOUDI

Amnesty – Human rights lawyer Amirsalar Davoudi has been sentenced to 29 years and three months in prison and 111 lashes on charges stemming from his human rights work. He was interrogated in detention without a lawyer present and was convicted and sentenced in his absence. Under Iran’s sentencing guidelines, he is required to serve 15 years of this sentence. He is a prisoner of conscience.

https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1306362019ENGLISH.pdf


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