page_title: Abdolfattah Soltani
section_title: 2011 imprisonment
hierarchical_section_title: Abdolfattah Soltani / 2011 imprisonment
caption_attribution_description: English: Maede Soltani asks for freedom of his father, the lawyer Abdolfatah Soltani, who has been jailed by the Islamic Regime in Tehran. The conference "Inside Iran", Berlin, 12 Nov. 2011. Photo by Persian Dutch Network فارسی: مائده سلطانی، دختر عبدالفتاح سلطانی، وکیل ایرانی در بند، در جریان همایش "درون ایران" در برلین در تلاش بود تا توجه همگان را برای تلاش در جهت آزادی پدرش جلب کند؛ ۱۲ نوامبر ۲۰۱۱ - عکس از شبکه ایرانیان هلند
context_page_description: Abdolfattah Soltani is an Iranian human rights lawyer and spokesman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center. He co-founded the group with Mohammad Seifzadeh and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi. Along with Ebadi, Soltani served as a lawyer for the family of slain Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who was allegedly tortured and murdered in Evin Prison in July 2003. Ebadi and Soltani, along with others, also represented jailed journalist Akbar Ganji during his imprisonment and long hunger strike.
context_section_description: Soltani was arrested again 10 September 2011 while preparing to defend a group of Baha'i defendants. He received an 18-year prison sentence in 2012 and was banned for an additional 20 years from practicing law. His daughter stated the sentence was for "co-founding the Center for Human Rights Defenders, spreading anti-government propaganda, endangering national security and accepting an illegal prize [the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award]". Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience, "held solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression and association, including his work as a defence lawyer and in the Centre".
  In October 2012, Soltani was awarded the International Bar Association's Human Rights Award. Because Soltani was imprisoned, his daughter Maede Soltani received it on his behalf.
caption: Maede Soltani asks for the freedom of her father, Abdolfattah Soltani, November 2011
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