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The most internationally famous human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been in prison for two years — and now, she's been hospitalized after a six-week hunger strike and is fighting for her life. Authorities arrested Sotoudeh in 2018 after she defended feminist activists who challenged the country's mandatory headscarf law. Sentenced to 148 lashes with a whip and 38 years of prison, she has been ripped away from her two children and husband. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation has escalated dramatically.
Iran is holding hundreds of political protesters in crowded, filthy prisons where the deadly virus is running rampant. Even though they have released more than 100,000 other detainees due to the public health crisis, political dissidents have remained locked behind bars. To protest these near-death sentences, Sotoudeh staged two hunger strikes, demanding the release of political prisoners. She has put others' lives above her own by slowly starving herself at a time when her immune system needs its strength most. Her husband says her physical state has deteriorated to a terrifying degree — he was only able to see her for a moment, but her dramatic weight loss and sunken eyes shook him to his core. Sign the petition to demand that Iranian authorities release Nasrin Sotoudeh and all political prisoners!
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