October 11, 2013
Interview with the Spokesperson of the Center for the Defenders of Human Rights
Efforts to Remove Laws Contradictory to Human Rights
Niusha Saremi
In Iran, human rights attorneys have always been under threat, pressure, extortion, legal pursuit and even in prison. But since the 2009 presidential elections, the conditions have become worse for them. Many were sued, prosecuted and given heavy sentences. Some were barred from continuing their practice. Still others left the country altogether to settle elsewhere
