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Shadi Sadr
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<p>Shadi Sadr is an Iranian <a href="/facts/Lawyer/SETgVQHu">lawyer</a>, <a href="/facts/Human_rights/WMW5XCdM">human rights</a> advocate, <a href="/facts/Essayist/XBLChFK9">essayist</a> and <a href="/facts/Journalist/LADe3dzs">journalist</a>. She co-founded Justice for Iran (JFI) in 2010 and is the Executive Director of the NGO. She has published and lectured worldwide. </p><p>She has received a number of awards including the Human Rights Tulip and Alexander Prize of Law School of <a href="/facts/Santa_Clara_University/c4ztoBnF">Santa Clara University</a>. In 2007 and 2009 she was detained in Evin prison. On 17 May 2010, she was convicted by the Tehran Revolutionary court of "acting against national security and harming public order". </p>