Ehsan Adibnia
Ehsan Adibnia
احسان ادیبنیا
Male
No
Alive
12 Sep 2023
- Head of Branch 1 of Revolutionary Court, Ahvaz (Khuzestan Province) (4 Oct 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing state-sanctioned death penalties (March 2023) read more
- Location
- Ahvaz (Khuzestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
- Description
- As the Head of Branch 1 of Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz, Ehsan Adibnia is responsible for issuing the death sentence for Mojahed Koorkoor (Abbas Koorkoori) following proceedings which failed human rights and fair trial standards. On 16 November 2022, during the protests in Izeh, security forces killed several people including 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak. Mojahed Koorkoor (Abbas Koorkoori) was arrested in a joint operation by the IRGC, intelligence, and police forces on 20 December 2022. Based on the confessions extracted from him while subjected to enforced disappearance, Mojahed Koorkoor was accused of shooting and killing protesters. He is sentenced to death on charges of Moharebeh (waging war against God) and Fesad-fel-Arz (corruption on earth). Mahsa (Jina) Amini was killed on 16 September 2022 while being in custody of the Morality Police of the Islamic Republic. In protest of her death, a nationwide uprising broke out in Iran which is still ongoing in various forms in different cities. According to the reports of human rights organizations, the police and security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have killed at least 537 citizens, including 68 children, during the revolutionary uprising of the Iranian people.
- Sources
- The main accused in the murder of Kian Pirfalak was sentenced to death The main accused in the murder of Kian Pirfalak was tried/ Accused: I plead guilty
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing state-sanctioned death penalties (March 2023) read more
- Head of Revolutionary Court, Ahvaz (Khuzestan Province) (4 Oct 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Awarding death sentence to Arab activists (6 Mach 2023) read more
- Location
- Ahvaz (Khuzestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
- Description
As Head of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court, Ehsan Adibnia is responsible for handing down death sentence to Ahwaz Arab activists, Ali Mojdam, Mohammad-Reza Moghadam, Moein Khanfari, Habib Deris, Adnan Ghobeishavi, and Salem Mousavi.
This judgment was issued on 6 March 2023 after proceedings which did not meet fair trial and human rights standards.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has accused these people of being members of the Harakat al-Nazal group (the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz) and of being involved in armed attacks in Khuzestan province in 2017 and 2018.
- Sources
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- Human Rights Violation: Awarding death sentence to Arab activists (6 Mach 2023) read more
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.