Sina Yousefi

.Sina Yousefi is an attorney at law and a member of the bar association of East Azerbaijan province. He was arrested along with a number of attorneys who were members of the East Azerbaijan bar association's human rights commission after forming a committee to defend protesters arrested during the 2022 national uprising.

The murder of Mahsa Amini triggered a country-wide uprising in September 2022 in Iran. The protests were initially sporadical around the country and against the mandatory hijab. But in a few days, dozens of cities in Iran became the scenes of clashes between protesters and security forces. The protesters' main demands were freedom of attire and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic. The focus of the protests on women led to international attention. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

• <coverage-outsourcing id='43011'> Sina Yousefi and Ghasem Bodi were arrested in Tabriz and transferred to the temporary ward of Tabriz Prison. The two were arrested after announcing the formation of the committee to defend the arrested protesters at the human rights commission of East Azerbaijan's bar association. Sina Yousefi is the vice president of the human rights commission and Ghasem Bodi is a member of the commission. The two were arrested during the national uprising triggered by the murder of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl from Saqez, by the morality police in Tehran. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='43012'> Sina Yousefi was released on bail. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44337'> The first branch of the revolutionary court of Tabriz presided by Judge Rahim Hamlbar sentenced Sina Yousefu to six months in prison for propaganda against the state and two years ban from leaving the country. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47630'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/SinaYousefilaw/status/1626181590316380161?s=20'> He published his summons on Twitter announcing that he was summoned to the 112th branch of the criminal court of Tabriz on the charge of disseminating lies online. He said the charge was because of the activities of the human rights commission of the bar association and announcing the number of people arrested in Tabriz in the first month of the protests. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>