Women's Rights Defender Sends Letter From Iran Prison
Nasrin Sotoudeh
A prominent Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has managed to send a letter out of Tehran's infamous prison, Evin, where she is behind bars.
While incarcerated, Sotoudeh says in her bold letter, "I hear some news related to the women of my motherland that showers me with joy and happiness."
In the letter, published on the Facebook account of Ms. Sotoudeh's husband, Reza Khandan, the 56-year-old winner of Sakharov Prize has cheerfully praised Iranian women's recent moves to reject compulsory hijab and defend the right to choose their dress mode.
Read more at: https://en.radiofarda.com/a/women-s-rights-defender-sends-letter-from-iran-prison/30119793.html
It's easy to lose track of some of these women in prison over there between Iran and Saudi Arabia, there seems to be a number of them.
