Mohammad Kazem Bahrami

Full Name (English)

Full Name (Farsi)

محمد کاظم بهرامی

Place of Birth

Unknown

Gender

Male

Education

Seminary Eduacation

Clerical Background

Yes

Status

Alive

Last Updated

6 Dec 2020

Positions and Violations

Head of Judicial Organisation of the Armed Forces (2004 - 17 May 2016)
- Human Rights Violation: Supporting the suppression of peaceful protesters and failure in prosecuting the perpetrators (2009) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Judicial Organisation of the Armed Forces
  
  Location
  
  (National)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Mohammad Kazem Bahrami, as the head of the Judicial Organisation of the Armed Forces, is responsible for supporting the suppression of peaceful protests against the results of the 2009 presidential election. He is also responsible for covering up, and failing to investigate independently and effectively, the complaints of protesters injured by the Armed Forces. One such significant case is The Kahrizak Detention Centre case, which resulted in the deaths of at least five protesters under torture, and failure to prosecute high-ranking law enforcement officials involved in the case.
  
  Sources
  
  The head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces is the words of the Supreme Leader of the Basij Roadmap, Imena, 11 December, 2011
  
  https://www.imna.ir/news/50116/%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA
  
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  Head of the Judicial Organisation of the Armed Forces: Kahrizak case is in its final stages, 25 December, 2009
  
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  The Judicial Organisation of the Armed Forces announced the complaints of dozens of injured people in Kahrizak, VOA, 13 September, 2009
  
  https://ir.voanews.com/arshyw/31-2009-09-12-voa10-61545947
  
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Head of the Court of Administrative Justice (17 May 2016 - present)

These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.

Legal Developments

On 10 October, 2011, the European Union placed 29 Iranian officials on the human rights sanctions list, including Mohammad Kazem Bahrami, for their role in widespread and serious violations of the rights of Iranian citizens. According to this decision, Bahrami will be barred from entering the countries of this union and all his assets in Europe will be confiscated. According to the EU statement, Mohammad Kazem Bahrami, as head of the Judicial Organisation of the Armed Forces, was “complicit in the repression of peaceful demonstrators”.

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