United Sketches for Nasrin: A Global cartoon campaign to support Nasrin Sotoudeh - Iranian imprisoned human rights lawyer

“After two grossly unfair trials, Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, was sentenced to 38 years and six months in prison and 148 lashes because of her work defending women’s rights and protesting against Iran’s discriminatory and degrading forced veiling laws. Nasrin has dedicated her life to peaceful human rights works.
Now, in prisons across Iran, there have been confirmed cases of COVID-19. This raises grave fears that prisoners, like Nasrin, are at risk of contracting the virus. Prisoners are at particular risk because they are unable to take the same social distancing and hygiene measures as those outside of prison to protect themselves.
Across Iran, prisoners have pleaded with officials to address overcrowded, unhygienic and unsanitary conditions that put them at greater risk of COVID-19 infections, raising alarms about the authorities’ failure to sufficiently protect prison populations from the spread of the virus. Some prisoners have been denied adequate medical care, leaving them at greater risk from the virus if contracted.
Nasrin is among the hundreds of prisoners of conscience jailed in Iran. No one should spend a single day in prison for peacefully exercising their rights.”

I demand you to use your cartooning power, to draw about her and send your cartoons by email to [email protected]

United Sketches will use your cartoons with your name in our campaign. This is a solidarity campaign for Nasrin Sotoudeh. There will be no budget and no payments.

There are many photos of Nasrin

in internet having Hijab [Islamic scarf to cover the head] but we intentionally avoid those photos for two reasons:

1- Hijab is obligatory in Iran and all Iranian women have to wear it in public, it’s not a choice.
2- One of the charges of Nasrin is to support courageous women who are against Hijab and have been their lawyer! [they are also imprisoned]