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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10454

17 September 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/iran
Concern at arrest of human rights worker

Brussels, 16/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - In a press release issued on Thursday 15 September, Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs condemns the arrest in Iran of lawyer and human rights activist Abdolfattah Soltani. He defended human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is now serving an 11-year prison sentence. EU concerns over Ms Sotoudeh's case “have not met with any convincing response” when raised with the authorities, Ashton says. The arrest of Soltani,...

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