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Nasrin Sotoudeh, Recipient of the 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
This video, shown at the 2011 PEN American Center Literary Gala in New York City on April 26, 2011, introduces jailed Iranian writer, lawyer, and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, recipient of the 2011 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.
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