More than 15 million viewers in Iran watched the live broadcasts of the [Aban Tribunal] hearings as they were covered by major Iranian media outlets in exile. It became the most watched event in Iran’s history of civil activism.

Shadi Sadr

Shadi Sadr (Persian: شادی صدر; born 1974) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights advocate, essayist and journalist. She co-founded Justice for Iran (JFI) in 2010 and is the Executive Director of the NGO. She has published and lectured worldwide.She has received a number of awards including the Human Rights Tulip and Alexander Prize of Law School of Santa Clara University. In 2007 and 2009 she was detained in Evin prison. On 17 May 2010, she was convicted by the Tehran Revolutionary court of "acting against national security and harming public order".

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