Status: Freed
Prison: n/a
Notes:
Lawyer, Child Rights and Human Rights defense attorney. 2 Sep 2010: Arrested 25 Sep 2010: Begins hunger strike 27 Oct 2010: Breaks hunger strike after allowed a visit with her sister 06 Nov 2010: Begins a dry hunger strike 14 Nov 2010: Charged with "acting against national security", "propaganda" and "membership in Defenders of Human Rights group" Held in solitary without access to lawyer, denied family visits. 05 Dec 2010: Bail denied, begins dry hunger strike Allowed weekly phone calls. 20 Dec 2010: Ended hunger strike 9 Jan 2011: Sentenced to 11 years prison and a 20 year ban on practising law and 20 year ban on leaving the country 2 Feb 2011: Trial for absence of hijab postponed; Nasrin refused to attend in protest 20 Feb 2011: Denied visits and phone calls 10 Apr 2011: Awarded PEN prize 18 Apr 2011: Will not appeal sentence - Fined usd50 for appearing on a video without hedjab 30 Apr 2011: Transferred to Methadone ward 14 Sep 2011: Sentence reduced by Appeals to 6 years + 10 years ban on practising law http://t.co/tnpTT6X 22 Oct 2011: Receives international Pen award from Canada 25 Feb 2012: Denied her visits rights with her children, again, for hejab issue http://t.co/CRSjq32W 16 Oct 2012: Begins hunger strike to protest violations of her legal rights http://t.co/y9NO0a0M 22 Oct 2012: Transferred to prison hospital http://www.kaleme.com/1391/08/03/klm-117536/ 26 Oct 2012: Jointly awarded EU Sakharov prize with Jafar Panahi 01 Nov 2012: Signs letter of protest http://www.kaleme.com/1391/08/11/klm-118377/ 03 Nov 2012: Transferred to Evin 290 without her personal belongings http://t.co/X3z5NiYI 19 Nov 2012: Back to general ward http://t.co/32svrv6F 04 Dec 2012: Ban on leaving the country for her 12 years old daughter removed, she stops her hunger strike http://t.co/ttMPYp2Z 20 Dec 2012: Her mother dies - She is not allowed to visit her for the last farewell http://t.co/iTjoWWQN 17 Jan 2013: Granted a 3 days furlouth against 300 million toman bail http://t.co/hYGoL64i 20 Jan 2013: Back to Evin http://t.co/hNDKP0QA 19 Mar 2013: Reported releasedon furlough 26 Mar 2013: Back to Evin http://is.gd/YJQ0N9 14 Apr 2013: Elected to Executive Board of the International Society for Human Rights (ISHR) http://t.co/tPR2xOgGdu 12 May 2013: Shirin Ebadi receives the Golden Lily of Florence on behalf of Nasrin http://is.gd/eLr309 13 Jun 2013: Given honorary degree by York University. Karim Lahiji, FIDH president, accepts it on her behalf http://is.gd/KbrvFz 23 Jun 2013: Reports of temporary release from Evin on furlough 07 Jul 2013: Back to Evin is.gd/H6FBeG 18 Sep 2013: Driven from Evin to her home by prison authorities and told she is freed without conditions http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/18/iran-frees-political-prisoner-nasrin-sotoudeh
Sentence: 6 years + 10 years ban
Location/Home Town: Tehran
Faith or Ethnicity: Muslim
Occupation or Activity: Lawyer, Human Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist
Iran Prisoner List: http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html
