Mohammad Najafi
Mohammad Najafi is a human rights defender and lawyer, who has represented many political prisoners and conducted investigations into the deaths of individuals in police custody. He has been unjustly imprisoned in Iran since 2018 on multiple convictions for his defense of basic civil and political liberties. In November 2019, he won the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe’s Human Rights Prize alongside three other Iranian lawyers, including Nasrin Sotoudeh.
Human rights defenders and journalists are arrested, detained and prosecuted in unfair trials. HRDs continue to receive death threats and are subjected to harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention. They are refused bail or receive extreme bail conditions. HRDs are additionally subjected to systematic surveillance and their family members are targeted. Journalists have been subjected to flogging for criticising the government.
