Nasrin Sotoudeh
b. 1963
Iranian lawyer and human right activist
- Born
- 30 May 1963 · Tehran
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 30 May 1963BornBorn in Tehran
- 2011AwardGiuseppe Motta Medal
- 2011AwardOne Humanity Award
- 2011AwardPEN Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
- 2012AwardSakharov Prize
- 2018AwardKurt Tucholsky Prize
- 2018AwardLudovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize
- 2020AwardBBC 100 Women
- 2020AwardRight Livelihood Award
- 2020AwardTrophées ellesdeFrance
- 2021AwardTime 100
- 2023AwardCivil Courage Prize
- 2026AwardVáclav Havel Human Rights Prize
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1963 – today).
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
Biography
Nasrin Sotoudeh Langarudi (Persian: نسرین ستوده لنگرودی; born 1963) is an Iranian human rights lawyer known for her defense of activists, opposition politicians, and individuals facing human rights violations. She has represented Iranian opposition activists and politicians detained after the disputed June 2009 presidential elections and prisoners sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were minors. Her clients have included journalist Isa Saharkhiz, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, and Heshmat Tabarzadi. She has also represented women arrested for appearing in public without a hijab, which is a punishable offense in Iran. Her work has led to several arrests and periods of prison in Iran, and punishment by lashing, the latest being in April 2026, during the 2026 Iran war.
Sotoudeh was the subject of Nasrin, a 2020 documentary filmed in secret in Iran about her life and work.
Text from the Wikipedia article Nasrin Sotoudeh, CC BY-SA 4.0
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