4 Years Since Mahsa Amini's Death Ignited Protests in Iran for Women's Rights, Amnesty Report Unveils Findings
Amnesty says security forces killed hundreds, tortured detainees and targeted Kurdish and Baluchi communities in a state-led crackdown, identifying 87 officials for investigation.
- On Wednesday, Amnesty International released a report detailing how Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity during the 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprising, using state-sanctioned lethal force to crush nationwide protests.
- Investigators identified 87 officials, including 62 security force commanders from the IRGC and FARAJA, who should face criminal investigation for implementing state policies authorizing deadly protest dispersals.
- Kurdish and Baluchi communities disproportionately suffered a 'devastating share' of 377 recorded deaths, including 56 children, during the 2022 crackdown, according to Amnesty's findings.
- Raha Bahreini, Amnesty International's Iran researcher in London, told CBC News that global inaction "effectively signals" authorities can commit crimes with absolute impunity, urging the UN General Assembly to establish an international criminal justice mechanism.
- While authorities crushed street protests, the report notes they failed to eliminate the spirit of resistance; civil disobedience is now practiced "courageously" despite the same officials continuing to lead violent crackdowns today.
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“Respond mercilessly even to death.” That order, which appears in an official Iranian document that Amnesty International acceded to, was the one that the Islamic Republic of Iran conveyed to the security forces that in September 2022 they took to the streets of the country to crush protests chanting a beautiful slogan of Kurdish origin: “Woman, life, freedom.” On 16 September, a 22-year-old Kurdish girl, Yina Mahsa Amini, had died in a police s…
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LONDON (ANP) - Amnesty International states that at least 87 Iranian officials committed crimes against humanity during protests four years ago in Iran. Hundreds of people died in the so-called “woman, life, freedom” demonstrations. The demonstrations for women's rights and against the...
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BTNew report from Amnesty International accuses Iranian authorities of violent abuses during the 2022 protests.
More than 1000 pages, details of 377 people killed (56 of whom were minors), 270 interviews, 2000 verified videos, 87 names of officials who should respond to international justice of crimes against humanity: at least those survived the US-Israeli attacks this year. At the end of a search lasting years, Amnesty International rebuilt in detail the repression [...] The article Iran, Amnesty International: "Crimens against humanity to repress the p…
In 2022, the Iranian regime brutally defeated the "woman, life, freedom" protests. Amnesty International now names 87 alleged responsible persons. Germany could investigate them for crimes against humanity.
4 years since Mahsa Amini's death ignited protests in Iran for women's rights, Amnesty report unveils findings
Four years after the death of a young woman whose name became synonymous with the fight for women's rights and freedom in Iran, Amnesty International says the resulting government crackdown was a systemic campaign whose perpetrators continue to evade accountability.
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