Iran  Verklaring Nasrin Sotoudeh voorgelezen tijdens uitreiking MEA
19 oktober 2012

Iran Verklaring Nasrin Sotoudeh voorgelezen tijdens uitreiking MEA

Op 2 oktober werd in Geneve de Martin Ennals Award uitgereikt. Deze prijs wordt jaarlijks toegekend aan iemand die een uitzonderlijke staat van dienst heeft in de strijd voor de mensenrechten en daardoor bescherming nodig heeft.

Dit jaar was Nasrin Sotoudeh een van de drie genomineerden. Deze Iraanse advocate zit een lange gevangenisstraf uit wegens propaganda tegen het regime in de Evin gevangenis, de grootste gevangenis van Iran. Op de avond van de uitreiking van de prijs werd een verklaring van Nasrin Sotoudeh voorgelezen.

In haar verklaring stond onder andere:
Like many amongst you, the passion for justice has been with me from my childhood. It has grown and developed within me, as I have. In my youth, I realized that studying the Law and becoming a lawyer would allow me to fulfil this passion.

Despite all its difficulties, being a lawyer and defending the rights of children, women and those whose rights have been violated for seeking freedom, makes the dream of having justice possible.
Without justice, even relative justice, life becomes unbearable. I have in my own way tried to realize that relative justice.

Meer nieuws

24 april 2024

UN Special Rapporteur condemns China’s targeting of human rights lawyers in letter to the government

China

The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, issued a detailed letter on February 14, 2024, addressing the People’s Republic of China about severe restrictions on human rights lawyers. Recently made public, this letter exposes

Lees verder
23 april 2024

Vacature Relatiemanager / Fondsenwerver (24 – 32 uur)

Ben jij een (ervaren) fondsenwerver die in op creatieve wijze succesvol de fondsenwervende ambitie van Lawyers for Lawyers op de kaart gaat zetten? Lawyers for Lawyers zet zich in voor een vrije en onafhankelijke advocatuur. Waar dan ook ter wereld.

Lees verder
17 april 2024

Joint statement on the detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan

China

Lawyers for Lawyers and 29 other civil society organisations have issued a joint statement expressing their grave concern regarding the detention of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan. 13 April marks the first anniversary of

Lees verder
16 april 2024

‘Flight to Lithuania’ — interview with Natalia Matskevich and Paulius Griciunas

Belarus

A new law has been passed in Lithuania which allows lawyers from outside the European Union to register as third-party lawyers in Lithuania. This legislative advance is of great symbolic importance according to Belarusian lawyer Natalia Matskevich. By Trudeke Sillevis

Lees verder