Sina Yousefi (1984), was born in Tabriz. He completed his elementary, middle, and high school education in this city, and in 2005, he entered the field of law at Tabriz Azad University. He started his human rights activities while studying at the university …
and was arrested by the security forces in the last year of the university (May 19, 2007). In January 2009, he completed his bachelor’s degree and entered Tehran University in the same year, majoring in international law. During his studies in international law, he continued his human rights and press activities and worked for Sharq and Etemad newspapers. He also did many research works as a researcher in the field of citizenship rights, human rights, and international organizations in the international affairs of the presidential institution. In 2015, he was admitted to the East Azerbaijan Bar Association by participating in the bar exam. He joined the Bar Association’s Human Rights Commission in his first year of practicing law. He was elected as the vice-chairman of the Human Rights Commission for three consecutive terms and handled more than 200 cases related to political, press, environmental, and women’s and children’s rights activists. After the protests related to the killing of Mrs. Mehsa Amini by the Iranian police, Sina Yousefi was sentenced by the first branch of the Revolutionary Court to six months in prison, two years of ban on leaving the country, and confiscation of all electronic devices for the crime of propaganda against the regime. But he was forced to leave the country before the verdict issued by the Revolutionary Court was final, and he is currently living in Berlin, Germany.