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IRAN: Lawyer Amir Salar Davoodi sentenced to 30 years in prison and 111 lashes<\/h2>\n

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Amir Salar Davoodi<\/strong>\u00a0is an Iranian lawyer who defended several political prisoners and members of religious or ethnic minorities. He was very active on social networks \u2013 he notably animated a Telegram channel dedicated to lawyers defending human rights \u2013 where he openly expressed his opposition to the Teheran regime.<\/p>\n

On November 20th<\/sup>, 2018, he was arrested in his office by intelligence officers. His arrest, as well as the search of both his office and home, was conducted without any warrant. Some of his work documents were confiscated.<\/p>\n

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On the same day, the prosecutor\u2019s office issued a one-month detention order against Mr Davoodi. His attorney thinks that he is accused of \u201cinsult to the Supreme leader\u201d, \u201cpropaganda against the state\u201d and \u201cassembly and collusion to act against national security\u201d, as these charges are often used against opponents. Yet, so far authorities have not confirmed the allegations against Mr Davoodi; his case was transferred to the 15th<\/sup>\u00a0Revolutionary Court, which deals with crimes related to national security.<\/p>\n

Mr Davoodi\u2019s conditions of detention are deeply worrisome, as he is kept in isolation since November 20th<\/sup>. Even though the authorities finally revealed his place of detention \u2013 which is the Evin prison (Teheran) \u2013, M. Davoodi has not been allowed to receive any visit apart from his parents on January 21st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

He has not been allowed to consult either his lawyer or the prison doctor. Furthermore, local human rights organizations evoke credible evidence of acts of torture.<\/p>\n

Mr Davoodi\u2019s arrest is not an isolated case: in November and December 2018, three other Iranian lawyers were condemned to long-term prison sentences for their involvement in human rights protection (Qasem Sholehsadi, Arash Keykhosravi et Mohammad Najafi). According to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI), the judicial authorities issued a\u00a0list of 20 state-approved lawyers<\/a>\u00a0to which persons accused of \u201ccrimes against national security\u201d must resort.<\/p>\n

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The OIAD<\/strong>\u00a0expresses its solidarity with M. Davoodi and all the Iranian lawyers who are in jail for having legitimately exercised their profession. Iranian authorities must abide by the\u00a0United Nations\u2019 Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers<\/strong>, according to which they must \u201censure that lawyers (\u2026) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference\u201d (principle n\u00b0 16). The OIAD urges the Iranian authorities to respect the right of every person to \u201ccall upon the assistance of a lawyer of their choice to protect and establish their rights and to defend them in all stages of criminal proceedings\u201d (principle n\u00b0 1).<\/p>\n

The OIAD also recalls that according to the\u00a0United Nations\u2019 Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners<\/strong>, the latter \u201cshall retain the human rights and fundamental freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and (\u2026) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights\u201d (1975), both of which Iran ratified in 1975.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"listing_category":[61],"event_category":[],"service_category":[],"rental_category":[],"classifieds_category":[],"listing_feature":[],"region":[89,1935],"class_list":["post-10139","listing","type-listing","status-publish","hentry","listing_category-imprisoned","region-asia-en","region-iran-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/10139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/10139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16307,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing\/10139\/revisions\/16307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_category?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"service_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_category?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"rental_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rental_category?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"classifieds_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/classifieds_category?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"listing_feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listing_feature?post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protect-lawyers.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=10139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}