Ali Esfahani
- Head of Branch 18 of the Court of Appeal , Isfahan Province (2013 - 2015)
- Head of the Criminal Court , Isfahan Province (2015 - 10 Oct 2018)
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Isfahan Province (10 Oct 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of women’s rights ( 14 May 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- (Isfahan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to non-discrimination, Women's rights
- Description
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Esfahani has played a key role in imposing restrictions and intensifying police and judicial crackdown on women's rights in Isfahan province, including banning women cycling and prosecuting a female citizen for singing in public.
- Sources
"Comment of the Prosecutor of Isfahan Province on Women's Cycling", IRNA, May 15, 2019 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Isfahani-4.pdf
"Controversy over a woman singing in Abyaneh", Fararo, 22 May, 2019 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Isfahani-5.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- (Isfahan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Esfahani, as Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of the city of Isfahan, and a member of the City Security Council and the Provincial Security Council, is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this province, which resulted in the death of at least 21 protesters. The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on 15 November, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. According to Reuters at least 1500 were killed during the protests. Amnesty International, verified the identity of 304 protesters killed by the security forces.
- Sources
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Video of one of the protesters being killed by security forces in Isfahan
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of women’s rights ( 14 May 2019) read more