UN human rights chief concerned by Iranian crackdown on human rights defenders اظهارات خانو پیلای کمیسر عالی‌ حقوق بشر سازمان ملل

خانو پیلای کمیسر عالی‌ حقوق بشر سازمان ملل از سرکوب مدافعین حقوق بشر در ایران اظهار نگرانی‌ کرد

GENEVA (23 November 2010) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed renewed concern for the fate of human rights defenders in Iran, particularly Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh who was on hunger strike for several weeks in Tehran’s Evin Prison.

“As we approach international Human Rights Day* on 10 December, the world will be focusing on situations where human rights activists are not free to organize or speak out,” the High Commissioner said. “I am very concerned that Nasrin Sotoudeh’s case is part of a much broader crackdown, and that the situation of human rights defenders in Iran is growing more and more difficult,” she added.

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