A human rights lawyer and prominent voice of conscience, Sotoudeh was briefly rearrested and beaten in October 2023 while attending a funeral of a slain teenage girl. She had been previously released from prison in 2021 on a medical furlough from serving a combined 38-year sentence handed down in 2019. In 2020, she went on a 46-day hunger strike to protest the detention of political prisoners amid the pandemic.
Nasrin Sotoudeh
Is case active: Yes
Designation:Activist, Literary writer, Online Commentator
Country:Iran
Region:Middle East and North Africa
Gender:Female
Status:Conditional Release
Years active:2019, 2020, 2021, 2023