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Call to release Iranian lawyers

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18 October 2022
Issue: 7999 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights , International justice , Profession
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The Law Society, together with campaign group Lawyers for Lawyers, has called on the Iranian government to halt the arbitrary arrest, detention and ill treatment of lawyers. 

Nationwide protests in Iran began on 16 September, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in a hospital in Tehran after being arrested by the morality police for wearing an ‘improper hijab’. Thousands of protesters have been detained without legal representation, and lawyers imprisoned.

Law Society president Lubna Shuja said: ‘Some of these lawyers are being held in solitary confinement, at notorious prison wards known for incidents of torture, or their whereabouts are unknown.’

Issue: 7999 / Categories: Legal News , Human rights , International justice , Profession
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