Mohammad Seifzadeh Explained

سید محمد سیف زاده
Mohammad Seifzadeh
Birth Date:1948
Birth Place:Qom, Iran
Occupation:lawyer, Founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center
Nationality:Iranian

Mohammad Seifzadeh (Persian: سید محمد سیف زاده - born 1948) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge, human rights activist and a cofounder of Centre for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran. He is the older brother of Hossein Seifzadeh, an Iranian political scientist.

Life

Seifzadeh was a member of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi's legal team in 2004 when she represented the mother of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who had been murdered in an Iranian prison, allegedly by an Iranian security officer.[1]

In October 2010, Seifzadeh was charged with "collusion and assembly with intent to disrupt internal security," "propagation activities against the regime," and "establishing the Center for Human Rights Defenders."[2] He was sentenced to 9 years of prison and 10 years of ban from the practice of law.[3] He called the ruling the result of "an unlawful court proceeding".[4]

While appealing the ruling, Seifzahed remained at liberty. In April 2011, he visited Urumiyeh on the Turkish border and was arrested by Iranian officials on charges of attempting to leave the country illegally. Seifzahed's lawyer argued that he had only been in the city for a research project.

Since then, various organizations such as the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have called for his release.[5] [6] Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience.[7]

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References

  1. Web site: Nobel laureate protests court decision, threatens to take slain photojournalist case to international organizations . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309131231/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-96563861.html . dead . 9 March 2016 . Ali Akbar Dareini . 18 July 2004 . Associated Press . 1 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Another lawyer jailed, this one for visiting Urumiyeh. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409115243/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-255655830.html . dead . 9 April 2016 . 29 April 2011 . Iran Times International . 1 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Prominent Iranian Rights Lawyer Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison . Golnaz Esfandiari . 1 November 2010 . Radio Free Europe . 12 October 2012. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121012135544/http://www.rferl.org/content/Prominent_Iranian_Rights_Lawyer_Sentenced_To_Nine_Years_In_Prison/2207212.html . 1 October 2012.
  4. Web site: Prominent Attorney Mohammad Seifzadeh Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison . 1 November 2010 . Human Rights House of Iran. live . 14 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314234436/http://www.rahana.org/en/?p=7856 . 1 October 2012.
  5. Web site: Release of a human rights lawyer, while others remain arbitrarily detained and harassed . 29 April 2011 . International Federation for Human Rights . 20 July 2012 . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120720065805/http://fidh.org/Release-of-a-human-rights-lawyer . 1 October 2012.
  6. Web site: Regime Still Targeting Human Rights Lawyers and Journalists . 27 April 2011 . Reporters Without Borders . live. 16 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120616152026/http://en.rsf.org/iran-regime-still-targeting-human-27-04-2011,40115.html . 1 October 2012.
  7. Web site: Iran must release human rights defender Mohammad Ali Dadkhah . 1 October 2012 . Amnesty International . 1 October 2012. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121001181615/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/iran-must-release-human-rights-defender-mohammad-ali-dadkhah-2012-10-01 . 1 October 2012.

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