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eaworldview-The health of political prisoner and human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh (pictured), who is on hunger strike in Iran’s Evin Prison, is deteriorating.
Today in response at 18:30 CET there is a twitter storm campaign under #FreeNasrin to free Naserin Sotoudeh by putting pressure on the Iranian Regime.
Sotoudeh’s husband Reza Khandan wrote on social media on Thursday that her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are fluctuating greatly, and that her weight has dropped to 47 kg (103 lbs.) from 53 kg (117 lbs.). She is suffering from nausea, restricting her intake of water and sugar.
The distinguished lawyer, awarded the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights, went on hunger strike on August 11 to protest the “unfair and illegal” conditions for Iran’s political prisoners, with the situation worsening amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter on August 22, 44 Iranian lawyers urged Sotoudeh to end the strike and not endanger her life.
The attorney was a political prisoner from 2010 to 2013 over her representation of participants in mass protests after Iran’s dispute 2009 Presidential election. She was detained again in June 2018 over her defense of woman protesting against compulsory hijab, and sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison and 148 lashes for “conspiracy against national security”, “spreading lies”, and “disturbing public opinion”.
Authorities have refused to grant temporary furlough to Sotoudeh, despite releasing tens of thousands of prisoners because of the Coronavirus pandemic. They have maintained pressure on her by sentencing her husband to six years in prison and arresting and interrogating her daughter Mehraveh Khandan on August 17.
