Abdolfattah Soltani, Date of Birth

    

Abdolfattah Soltani

Iranian human rights defender

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1953

Profession: lawyer, human rights activist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Abdolfattah Soltani

  • Abdolfattah Soltani (Persian: ????????? ???????; born 2 November 1953) 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. Soltani was incarcerated for political offences in 2005 and 2009.
  • He received an 18-year prison sentence in 2012 and was banned for an additional 20 years from practicing law.
  • Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience and called him "one of the bravest human rights defenders in Iran".

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