Abbas Ali Houzan
Abbas Ali Houzan
عباسعلی حوزان
Male
No
Alive
22 Jan 2025
- Head of Branch 36 of Court of Appeals, Tehran (Tehran Province) (At least 2022 - Now)
- Human Rights Violation: Upholding convictions against women on the basis of non-compliance with mandatory hijab ( 2022-2023) read more
- Institution
- Courts of Appeal
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Women's rights
- Description
- As head of Branch 36 of Tehran’s Provincial Court of Appeal, Houzan is responsible for rejecting appeals and upholding the sentences of women who were sentences to fines and imprisonment for not complying with the mandatory hijab during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests. Houzan has tried a number of women on charges of Encouraging people to corruption and immorality; through Removal of hijab in public places. The 2022-2023 protests began following the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini on September 13, 2022, while in the custody of the Islamic Republic's Moral Security Police. Amidst the protests and afterwards, women have resisted the mandatory hijab in various ways and have suffered widespread repression, including denial of public services, education, arrest, court cases, fines, and imprisonment.
- Sources
Appeal verdict against Shaghayeq Khademi
The conviction against Marzieh Yousefzadeh
- Human Rights Violation: Upholding convictions against women protestors (At least 2022) read more
- Institution
- Courts of Appeal
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of expression, Women's rights
- Description
- Houzan is responsible for rejecting appeals from, and confirming and issuing fines and prison sentences for women protesters who participated in the “Woman, Life, Feedom” protests. He has convicted protesters in several cases on charges such as: • Disturbing public order • Aggression against the community and collusion with the intent to commit a crime against national security • Propaganda activity against the State On the basis of these charges, he has issued fines and prison sentences for protesters. The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic. These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.
- Sources
Appeal verdict against Shaghayeq Khademi
The conviction against Marzieh Yousefzadeh
- Human Rights Violation: Upholding convictions against women on the basis of non-compliance with mandatory hijab ( 2022-2023) 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.