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  "id": 10486752,
  "title": "Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh wins Council of Europe's rights prize",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/iranian-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh-wins-council-of-europes-rights-prize",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-28T16:30:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/iranian-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh-wins-council-europes-rights-prize"
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  "summary": "Iranian human-rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh on Monday won the Council of Europe's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize in recognition of her long-running advocacy work, months after being released following her latest arrest. Still in Iran after her release on bail in May, Sotoudeh said in a brief video message that \"one day, the sun of freedom will shine upon our country as well\" and added \"perhaps…",
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        "title": "Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh wins the 2026 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/iranian-human-rights-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh-wins-the-2026-vaclav",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:54:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh wins 2026 Vaclav Havel human rights prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/iranian-lawyer-nasrin-sotoudeh-wins-2026-vaclav-havel-human-rights",
        "published": "2026-09-28T14:54:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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