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"The intolerable treatment of this highly respected scholar and human rights activist severely undermines the efforts of those who are seeking peace, justice and freedom in the region and the world."

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Noam Chomsky

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"Her arrest should be an issue for everyone who believes in human rights, in academic freedom, and in women's rights."

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Juan Cole

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She is the author of Reconstructed Lives: Women and Iran's Islamic Revolution (1997) and a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Grant. In 2004 she contributed to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Policy Watch Special Forum in an article marking the 25th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.[2] In April 2005, she contributed a piece to the Foreign Policy Magazine that is published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace titled "Iranian Woman, Please Stand Up."[

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Her Wikpedia bio describes a pretty accomplished and respected woman. A quick google search shows the extent of international calls for her release.

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No lawyer, either.