The mass anti-government protests that erupted after the murder of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 16, continue throughout the country. Nearly 20,000 people have been detained and imprisoned during the protests. 44 lawyers, 15 of whom are women, have been arrested in the country since September 16. While 20 lawyers have been released on bail, the trials of other lawyers continue without arrest.

LAWYERS BANNED FROM LEAVING THE COUNTRY

The sentences given to at least two lawyers, including Negin Kiani, have been finalized. Sina Yousefi, a lawyer and deputy head of the East Azerbaijan Jurists' Human Rights Commission, was sentenced to six months in prison and banned from leaving the country for two years. Lawyer Negin Kiani, whose sentence has been finalized, has been banned from leaving the country as well as been sentenced to prison.