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Feminist School: Family of Shahla Jahed gathered behind the prison gates since midnight, Shahla’s old mum, her sister and brother the whole family from far and near even the neighbours were behind the gates.
Four in the morning behind the prison gates there were more joiners in the vigil by activists and reporters. When the reporters arrived they announced that in the official government web site the news of Shahla’s hanging was confirmed, this is when even her lawyer Mr Abdulsamad (...)

(IFJ/IFEX) - 23 November 2010: On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 44 IFEX members, including members of the IFEX Gender Working Group, call attention to the situation of women in the free expression community who are subject to targeted attacks because of their gender:
We wish to congratulate you on your new role as head of UN Women and the move by the United Nations to more actively examine violations and discrimination against women. This (...)

On 23 November the UN human rights chief called for the release of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. This followed the first trial session on 15 November. She has now been held for 80 days, following her arbitrary arrest on 4 September 2010. Amnesty International considers her to be a prisoner of conscience, held solely in connection with her work as a lawyer.
On 23 November 2010, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern for Nasrin Sotoudeh. She (...)

Feminist School: Today, 11 Nov. 2010, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband, brother and sister were allowed to visit her for 10 minutes in Evin Prison. This was the first time Reza Khandan, Nasrin’s husband, could visit her after ten weeks. He told Feminist School, ‘Nasrin informed us that she has ended her dry hunger strike as a courtesy to her friends’ request, however, she will keep her hunger strike for as long as the officials refuse her legal demands.
‘My wife is still in hunger strike and after (...)

Feminist school :Reza Khandan, Nasrin Sotoodeh’s husband, in an interview said that on Wednesday November 3rd, Nasrin Sotooden called home and informed him that she had received permission to have visitors and expressed her wish to visit her children and her sister. However when, on Thursday November 4th, they went to Evin prison, only her two children, 10 and 3 years old, her mother in law, and her sister were allowed to visit her. Reza Khandan, her husband, was denied a visit.
Mr. (...)

Feminist School: Reza Khandan Nasrin’s husband communicated the set date for the court hearing as Nasrin’s lawyers attended the court for the briefing of their client’s case, they were told the set date for the hearing is on the 16th of this month and the residing judge will be Pir Abbasi.
Nasrin Sotoudeh a lawyer and an women’s right activists has been imprisoned since September and since her arrest she has been in solitary confinement, she has been charged with 3 alleged cases. Acting (...)

Feminist School:Today, October16, 2010, Nasim Ghanavi, Nasrin Sotoodeh’s attorney, went to the branch of the court in Evin prison to obtain some information regarding the status of her client. However he returned empty handed!
She said: “This morning I went to the court, but I could not visit the investigative judge because he had a meeting. I returned again in the afternoon, but he still was not available.â€
Nasim Ghanavi has no information about the nature of problems that might have kept (...)

Feminist School: Nasrin Sotoudeh, lawyer and one of members of Campaign, is on a hunger strike. Reza Khandan says that her wife called after 19 days and told him that she has been on a hunger strike from 12 days ago.
Close relatives of Ms. Sotoudeh told the Campaign that she’s been asked to drop legal representation of the Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, but so far she has not succumbed to these demands.
Nasrin Sotoudeh told her husband during the last contact in : "in case the number (...)

Feminist School:The Feminist School’s website was filtered again on October 7th 2010.
It is for the 18th time that The Feminist School’s website has been filtered, but every time this web site has countinued with a new address.
The last time that the site had been filtered was two weeks ago but sadly today it was filtered again on October 7th 2010.
Source in Persian: (...)

Dear Nasrin Sotoudeh our thoughts are with you
Feminist school’s activists pay respect to Nasrin Sotoudeh and her family on the death of her beloved father:
Nasrin a kind and responsible lawyer who has shown on many occasion her support to the women’s movement activists on humanitarian grounds and in defence of human rights has been in prison for the last three weeks. Nasrin has defended he clients regardless of their political beliefs. Whilst Nasrin has been in prison, her elderly father (...)