USCIRF commends the UN special rapporteurs calling for the release from prison of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Soutudeh

Shabtabnews – In a twitter statement USCIRF commends the UN special rapporteurs calling for the release from prison of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Soutudeh, who defended women peacefully protesting mandatory religious headscarf laws in #Iran.

The IOPHR expresses concern in regards to the life #RouhollahZam who is in grave danger as his death sentence has been confirmed. »

« 81% of cases of state enforcement of #blasphemy laws were in only 10 countries: Pakistan, Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Indonesia, Yemen, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

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