The present document concerns a Joint Statement of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI)and the Union Internationale des Avocats and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT). In their statement they express their concern about the continued detention without charge or trial of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in Iran and called for her immediate and unconditional release as she is held solely in connection with her work defending others. Reference is made to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the right to freedom of expression.
The present document concerns a Joint Statement of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI)and the Union Internationale des Avocats and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT). In their statement they express their concern about the continued detention without charge or trial of human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in Iran and called for her immediate and unconditional release as she is held solely in connection with her work defending others. Reference is made to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers with regard to the right to freedom of expression.
