Prominent human rights lawyer Mohammad Oliyaifard was arrested at the Revolutionary Court this morning to begin a one year prison sentence.
Mohammad Oliyaifard was taken into custody by intelligence agents after he appeared this morning before the Revolutionary Court following a court summon.
Oliyaifard was charged with “insulting the judiciary” and “propaganda against the regime.”
He was tried on February 7, 2010 and sentenced to one year in prison for voicing his objection to the execution of his client Behnoud Shojaee and other juvenile offenders.
The rights lawyer is currently representing a number of post-election detainees. There is still no information on his current whereabouts.
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