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Abdolfattah Soltani (persisch عبدالفتاح سلطانی; * 2. November 1953) ist ein iranischer Rechtsanwalt und Mitglied des Teheraner Zentrums für Menschenrechtsverteidiger, das er gemeinsam mit der Nobelpreisträgerin Shirin Ebadi 2002 gründete. Er ist Träger des Internationalen Nürnberger Menschenrechtspreises 2009. (de)
Abdolfattah Soltani (Persian: عبدالفتاح سلطانی; born 2 November 1953) is an Iranian human rights lawyer and spokesman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center. He co-founded the group with Mohammad Seifzadeh and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi. Along with Ebadi, Soltani served as a lawyer for the family of slain Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who was allegedly tortured and murdered in Evin Prison in July 2003. Ebadi and Soltani, along with others, also represented jailed journalist Akbar Ganji during his imprisonment and long hunger strike. Soltani, who won the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, in 2009, served time in prison in 2005 and 2009, and was sentenced to 18-year prison sentence in 2012. (en)

Abdolfattah Soltani (persisch عبدالفتاح سلطانی; * 2. November 1953) ist ein iranischer Rechtsanwalt und Mitglied des Teheraner Zentrums für Menschenrechtsverteidiger, das er gemeinsam mit der Nobelpreisträgerin Shirin Ebadi 2002 gründete. Er ist Träger des Internationalen Nürnberger Menschenrechtspreises 2009. (de)
Abdolfattah Soltani (Persian: عبدالفتاح سلطانی; born 2 November 1953) is an Iranian human rights lawyer and spokesman for the Defenders of Human Rights Center. He co-founded the group with Mohammad Seifzadeh and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi. Along with Ebadi, Soltani served as a lawyer for the family of slain Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who was allegedly tortured and murdered in Evin Prison in July 2003. Ebadi and Soltani, along with others, also represented jailed journalist Akbar Ganji during his imprisonment and long hunger strike. Soltani, who won the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, in 2009, served time in prison in 2005 and 2009, and was sentenced to 18-year prison sentence in 2012. (en)