PEN America: Iranian Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Temporarily Released From Prison
November 10, 2020
November 10, 2020
NEW YORK, Nov. 10 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
PEN America welcomes the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh--lawyer, women's rights activist, and PEN America's 2011 Freedom To Write Award honoree--on a temporary medical furlough on Saturday from the notorious Qarchak prison in Iran. She has reunited with her family after more than two years behind bars, and is in critical condition due to health issues caused by her extended hunger strike in August and medical negligence . . .
PEN America welcomes the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh--lawyer, women's rights activist, and PEN America's 2011 Freedom To Write Award honoree--on a temporary medical furlough on Saturday from the notorious Qarchak prison in Iran. She has reunited with her family after more than two years behind bars, and is in critical condition due to health issues caused by her extended hunger strike in August and medical negligence . . .