In a statement issued today, UN experts expressed concern about the increase in judicial and security pressures against independent lawyers, limiting their access to clients and cases and interfering with the independence of lawyers' associations. They also criticized the pressure on female lawyers due to mandatory hijab requirements and preventing the presence of independent lawyers in some political cases and warned that this process threatens the right to effective defense and due process.
Earlier, on the 23rd of Sharibar 1405, in a report titled "One Year of Pressure on Lawyers", Harana examined the situation of lawyers in Iran. According to the findings of this report, between September 1404 and September 1405, at least 135 lawyers faced legal and security encounters; the identities of 60 of them were verified in 14 districts, at least 34 lawyers were arrested, 11 lawyers were sentenced to prison, and five lawyers were still in prison at the time of the report's publication.
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