Giti Shafiei

Giti Shafiei is a member of the Fars and Kohgilouye-Boyerahmad Lawyers Association. Among the lawyers of Fars province, she is known as the "lawyer who has memorized the entire Quran". Ms. Shafiei was arrested at the same time as the nationwide uprising of 2022.

The national uprising of 2022 centered around the “woman, life, freedom” slogan was triggered in response to the murder of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. The protests began sporadically in several cities and online space but in just a few days it spread to dozens of cities across Iran and the goal of the protesters changed to overthrowing the regime. <symbol-timeline></symbol-timeline>

<coverage-outsourcing id='47257'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/667'> According to the reports, Giti Shafiei was arrested in late January and transferred to Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. Her arrest was related to the nationwide uprising of 2022. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47259'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3jXywhA'> Jafar Kousha, head of the National Union of Iranian Bar Associations, in a letter addressed to the head of the Judiciary requested the release and "amnesty" of the imprisoned lawyers. In this letter, the names of some imprisoned lawyers are mentioned; Behzad Hakimizadeh, Giti Shafiei, Saeed Atai Kachouei, Arash Keikhosravi, Mohammad Najafi, Amirsalar Davoudi, and Mostafa Nili. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='47258'> <reference source='https://t.me/Followupiran/667'> She went on a hunger strike for a few days. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
<coverage-outsourcing id='52201'> <reference source='https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/anwaelte-iran-holtfort-preis-rav-oeffentlichkeit-repression-nili-keykhosravi-davoudi-najafi-kachooei-safi/'> The Holtfort Foundation in Germany announced that it plans to honor six Iranian lawyers Mostafa Nili, Arash Keikhosravi, Amirsalar Davoudi, Mohammad Najafi, Saeed Atai Kachouei, and Giti Shafiei, due to "their commitment to trade unions, civil rights and human rights". The Legal Tribune online report writes: > Two of these lawyers are currently in prison, and four other Iranian lawyers are afraid that they will be arrested again and go to prison at any moment. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>