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A group of Iranian campaigners who were planning to sue the authorities, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, for their mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic have been sentenced to prison. The five lawyers and rights defenders were convicted of threatening national security.
In Iran, 2 lawyers and an activist are still imprisoned, 4 months after preparing a lawsuit against officials for mishandling of deadly Coronavirus pandemic