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Michael Petrou writes about international news and Canadian foreign policy.

Irwin Cotler on imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh

by Michael Petrou on Friday, November 9, 2012 11:38am - 0 Comments

Cotler, in the House, continues his good and mostly ignored fight on Iran here. His point about our focus on Iran’s nuclear issue overshadowing its continuous human rights violations is a good one.

The latest on Sotoudeh is here.

Sotoudeh was last month awardedthe European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

 

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