Human Rights Organization Calls for Disclosure of Names of November 2019 Protests Casualties

Images of children who were killed by bullets from security forces of the Islamic Republic during the November 2019 protests.

This human rights organization stated on Tuesday, November 13, in its statement that while referencing the fact that security and military forces arrested a large number of people in dealing with the November 2019 protests, that the detainees faced heavy sentences in revolutionary courts, including execution.

The Human Rights Organization also, citing a Reuters news agency report about the killing of 1,500 protesters by security forces, emphasized that among the killed were a number of students and individuals under 18 years of age.

According to reports, the number of casualties in the November 2019 protests was between 400 to 1,500. In this regard, despite a year having passed, the Islamic Republic has continued to refrain from announcing the exact number of casualties.

Source: Radio Farda