European lawmakers across the continent have started to sponsor Iranian detainees, hoping to shed light on their injustice and force authorities to back down from handing down lengthy jail sentences or carrying out executions.
Sponsoring MPs take responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners, demanding information on their whereabouts and publicizing their plight. As many as 30 Iranians in jail now have a European sponsor, reported The Guardian. The MPs also hope to highlight how Iran is not following its written penal code in administering justice, and is arresting lawyers, or denying the accused legal representation of their choice.
