Hassan Babaei
- Investigating Judge of Revolutionary Court , Sanandaj (2000 - 2008)
- Judge of the Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court , Sanandaj (2008 - 2016)
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing death sentences for political prisoners ( 30 June 2008) read more
- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
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As a judge of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, he is responsible for issuing a death sentence to Habibaullah Latifi, a Kurdish political activist, and failure to investigate reports of torture and ill-treatment during his detention.
- Sources
“Iran: clemency call for Kurdish law student facing execution”, Amnesty International, 24 Dec 2010 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/iran-clemency-call-kurdish-law-student-facing-execution-boxing-day
“Habibollah Latifi’s family arrested in raid by security forces”, Kurdistan Commentary, 27 Dec 2010 https://kurdistancommentary.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/family-of-habibollah-latifi-arrested/
“Habibollah Latifi’s Sister interview with HRANA”, HRANA, 24 Dec 2010 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/خبرگزاری-هرانا-_-هرانا؛-خواهر-حبیب-الله-لطیفی_-برادرم-تروریست-نیست،-مردم-باور-نکنند-خبرگزاری-هرانا.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing prison sentences for political activists ( 11 Nov 2009) read more
- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
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As a judge of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Babaei issued 10 years prison sentence for Ehsan Fattahian, a Kurdish political activist, and failed to investigate reports of torture and ill-treatment of Fattahian in detention. In Jan 2009, the prison sentence was changed into the death sentence by the court of appeal and in clear breach of Iranian laws. Fattahian was executed on 11 November 2009
- Sources
Muhammad Sahimi, “What Happened to Ehsan Fattahian?”, PBS, 15 November 2009
“Iran: Kurdish Activist Executed”, Human Rights Watch, 11 November 2009
https://www.hrw.org/news/2009/11/10/iran-kurdish-activist-executed
“A Letter from the afterlife: Kurdish activist hanged by Iran", EKurd Daily, 13 December 2009
https://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2009/11/irankurdistan528.htm
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- Human Rights Violation: Issuing prison sentence for political activists (2008) read more
- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression
- Description
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As a judge of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Babaei sentenced Kurdish political activist, Lotfatullah Lotfallahpour, to 16 years in prison, for his peaceful political activities. Babaei also ignored the reports of his torture in detention.
- Sources
“Witness Statement of Lotfollah Lotfollahpour”, Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre, 6 June 2012 https://iranhrdc.org/witness-statement-of-lotfollah-lotfollahpour/
- Human Rights Violation: Preventing the defendant from access to a lawyer ( Feb 2009) read more
- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial
- Description
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As a judge at the Revolutionary Court in the city of Sanandaj, Babaei denied student activist, Yaser Goli, his right to a fair trial, by preventing his lawyer from entering the court
- Sources
“Babaei, Judge of the Minutes-Long Trials”, Justice For Iran, 2015 https://justice4iran.org/persian/latest/news/hassan-babaei/
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing prison sentence for political activists (19 June 2012) read more
- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture
- Description
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As a judge at the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, Babaei sentenced Safia Sadeghi, a Kurdish political activist, to 15 years in prison for her peaceful political activities on 19 June, 2012. He also denied her of her right to access to a lawyer, and disregarded the reports of her torture in detention.
- Sources
“Female Kurdish Prisoner Sentenced to 15 years”, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 22 June 2012
https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2012/06/sadeghi/
- Human Rights Violation: Denying the right to a fair trial for cultural and environmental activists (2011) read more
- Institution
- Islamic Revolutionary Courts
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture
- Description
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As a judge of the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj, by issuing prison sentences to three cultural and environmental activists (Akbar Govili, Veria Khosravi and Kamran Rahimi),and ignoring the reports of their ill-treatment in detention, Babaei is responsible for the violation of their rights.
- Sources
“Kamran Rahimi’s profile”, Iran Prison Atlas, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/1365/
“Veria Khosravi’s profile”, Iran Prison Atlas https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/5020/
“Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran”, UN General Assembly, 18 March 2014 https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/534e4d0d4.pdf
“Two Kurdish Environmentalists left with broken legs and shoulder at the intelligence office”, Kurdpa, Jan 2012 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%81-%D9%88-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%B7_-%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D9%8F%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing death sentences for political prisoners ( 30 June 2008) read more
- Judge of Branch 36 of the Court of Appeal , Tehran (2016 - 2018)
- Head of Planning and Programming at the Deputy's Office for Strategic Affairs of Judiciary (2018 - present)