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Iranian rights campaigner jailed

A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of security offences.

Iranian rights campaigner jailed

Mon, 10 Jan, 2011 - 11:19

A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of security offences.

Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in September, and supporters say she was held in solitary confinement and staged hunger strikes.

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