May 2, 2019
Iranian lawyer and women’s rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh’s heartbreaking letters from prison reveal the trauma inflicted on families by the government that claims to protect them.
Nasrin Sotoudeh is a lawyer who has never shied away from doing what’s right in Iran. In her long and impressive career, she has exposed the injustices of the death penalty and campaigned for children’s rights. Most recently, she defied degrading laws that force girls as young as nine to wear a hijab or face prison, flogging or a fine. Nasrin has been sentenced to a total of 38 years and 148 lashes after two unfair trials because she demanded choice for women and girls. She will have to serve 17 years of this sentence.
Nasrin Sotoudeh is also a mother of two. Her commitment to justice and equality for her clients set Iran’s authorities against her. They have thrown her in jail twice: once in 2010 and now again in 2018. Both times, Nasrin was torn from her beloved children – and her children from their brave and loving mother. Over that period, she wrote a number of letters from prison to her son Nima, now aged 11 and her daughter Mehraveh, now 19. As these excerpts show, Nasrin’s anguish at being what she is – someone who must defend what’s right at all costs – makes her question her own choices as a mother. It is an unjust situation wrought not by her choices, but by a repressive government determined to break her. As many would agree, Nasrin is being the best mother she can be, by showing her children that truth and justice are principles worth fighting for – and that being a good mother doesn’t mean choosing between your values and your kids.
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“I miss you my dearest” – Nasrin Sotoudeh’s letters to her children from prison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasrin_Sotoudeh
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasrin_Sotoudeh (FRANCAIS)
https://www.girodivite.it/Nasrin-potrebbe-marcire-in-carcere.html (ITALIANO)
https://www.cittanuova.it/liberta-clandestina/ (ITALIANO)
https://www.elmundo.es/yodona/lifestyle/2019/05/04/5cc6d90efc6c8374678b4594.html (ESPANOL)
https://www.lavozdelsur.es/no-somos-indiferentes/ (ESPANOL)
https://www.amnistia.pt/sinto-a-tua-falta-minha-querida-cartas-de-uma-mae-presa-por-lutar-pela-justica/ (PORTUGUES)
https://www.amnesty.fi/vetoomukset/38-vuotta-vankeutta-ja-148-raipaniskua-iranilainen-ihmisoikeusaktivisti-vapautettava/ (SUOMALAINEN)
https://twitter.com/nesbitt_jill/status/1124309418462666753
Tagged: Amnesty International, Iran, UK
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