Giti Pourfazel

Age:

Activism/rights: Human rights lawyer

Status: Conditional release

Judicial status: 2 years and 3 months imprisonment

Violations: Arbitrary arrest and detention, access to lawyer, lack of due process and fair trial

Giti Pourfazel is a retired lawyer and women’s rights activist who was one of the 14 signatories to write an open letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, demanding his resignation in 2019 which led to her arrest on 19 August 2019. Released on bail following interrogations, she was sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment for “assembly and collusion against national security”, eight months for “propaganda against the system” and a two year ban from membership in political groups.  Her sentence was reduced to two years and three months on appeal. She was furloughed in July 2021 after contracting COVID-19 in prison. On 15 September 2021, she was released on condition that she “avoid contact and association with individuals with deviant beliefs.” Giti Pourfazel remains on conditional release.