On Thursday 13 December, the European Parliament urged the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the 2012 Sakharov Prize, sentenced to 5 years in prison in absentia in 2015 for “illegal espionage" and arrested in June 2018.
Iranian justice must guarantee due process and a fair trial and provide information on the charges brought against Ms Sotoudeh, emphasize MEPs in the joint resolution on Iran adopted by...