Schulz beschouwt vrijlating politieke gevangen als positief signaal van Iran (en)

Schulz on the release of Sakharov Prize Laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh and other political prisoners in Iran

Commenting on the release of a number of political prisoners in Iran, including Nasrin Sotoudeh, winner of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought 2012, the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz i stated:

"I welcome the news of the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh and other political prisoners in Iran.

Nasrin Sotoudeh has been fighting for the respect of individual rights and freedoms and for a more democratic Iran. We are eagerly waiting to welcome her in Strasbourg together with her Sakharov Prize co-winner, film director Jafar Panahi, who is still under house arrest.

I commend this important positive signal by the Iranian authorities, one that the European Parliament and I have been asking for a long time, most recently in my congratulatory letter to the newly elected President Rouhani.'

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