THREAD
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Iran, with the highest executions per capita, has detainees flogged, sexually abused & given electric shocks in gruesome crackdown following Nov 2019 protests.
-Death sentences issued based on torture-tainted “confessions”
#Iran
#HumanRightsDay
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Iran, with the highest executions per capita, has detainees flogged, sexually abused & given electric shocks in gruesome crackdown following Nov 2019 protests.
-Death sentences issued based on torture-tainted “confessions”
#Iran
#HumanRightsDay
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Widespread torture including beatings, floggings, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, waterboarding, sexual violence, forced administration of chemical substances, and deprivation of medical care
amnesty.org
Widespread torture including beatings, floggings, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, waterboarding, sexual violence, forced administration of chemical substances, and deprivation of medical care
amnesty.org
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#Iran’s police, security, intel, prison & judiciary officials committed shocking rights violations against those detained & linked to the Nov 2019 protests
-arbitrary detention
-enforced disappearance
-torture & other ill-treatment
#HumanRightsDay
#Iran’s police, security, intel, prison & judiciary officials committed shocking rights violations against those detained & linked to the Nov 2019 protests
-arbitrary detention
-enforced disappearance
-torture & other ill-treatment
#HumanRightsDay
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Report documents accounts of dozens of protesters, bystanders & others violently arrested, forcibly disappeared or held incommunicado, systemically denied access to their lawyers during interrogations, & repeatedly tortured to “confess”.
#HumanRightsDay
Report documents accounts of dozens of protesters, bystanders & others violently arrested, forcibly disappeared or held incommunicado, systemically denied access to their lawyers during interrogations, & repeatedly tortured to “confess”.
#HumanRightsDay
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A recent case of “confession” under torture was that of #NavidAfkari
"It was proven that I was tortured to confess... not one piece of evidence to prove I was guilty... I realized they just wanted a neck to throw their noose around."
#HumanRightsDay
A recent case of “confession” under torture was that of #NavidAfkari
"It was proven that I was tortured to confess... not one piece of evidence to prove I was guilty... I realized they just wanted a neck to throw their noose around."
#HumanRightsDay
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In the days following the mass November 2019 protests, videos showing Iran’s security forces deliberately killing and injuring unarmed protesters and bystanders sent shockwaves around the world.
#HumanRightsDay
Footage—Nov 18, 2019
WARNING – GRAPHIC
In the days following the mass November 2019 protests, videos showing Iran’s security forces deliberately killing and injuring unarmed protesters and bystanders sent shockwaves around the world.
#HumanRightsDay
Footage—Nov 18, 2019
WARNING – GRAPHIC
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Scenes of the November 2019 massacre launched by the regime against peaceful protesters will never be forgotten.
Footage from Gorgan, northern #Iran
#HumanRightsDay
Scenes of the November 2019 massacre launched by the regime against peaceful protesters will never be forgotten.
Footage from Gorgan, northern #Iran
#HumanRightsDay
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Amnesty International has recorded the names and details of more than 500 protesters and others, including journalists and human rights defenders, who have been subjected to unfair criminal proceedings in connection with the Nov 2019 protests across #Iran.
#HumanRightsDay
Amnesty International has recorded the names and details of more than 500 protesters and others, including journalists and human rights defenders, who have been subjected to unfair criminal proceedings in connection with the Nov 2019 protests across #Iran.
#HumanRightsDay
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New report:
Three Iranian Protesters Whose Death Sentences Were Vacated Face More Prison Time as Lawyers Seek to Overcome Bail Hurdles
#HumanRightsDay
voanews.com
New report:
Three Iranian Protesters Whose Death Sentences Were Vacated Face More Prison Time as Lawyers Seek to Overcome Bail Hurdles
#HumanRightsDay
voanews.com
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A song dedicated to brave women killed by the genocidal regime ruling #Iran during the November 2019 protests.
#HumanRightsDay
A song dedicated to brave women killed by the genocidal regime ruling #Iran during the November 2019 protests.
#HumanRightsDay
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