Report of Suspicious Deaths in Iranian Prisons Sent to Human Rights Council
Following another suspicious death in Iranian detention centers, Amnesty International sent a report of these deaths to the Human Rights Council.
The death of Mohammad Raji, one of the arrested Gonabadi dervishes during the recent events, and in this context, the international human rights organization Amnesty International has called the special committee of Iran’s regime president for investigating suspicious deaths in Iranian prisons non-independent.
A senior researcher at Amnesty International stated that the first step in holding oppressive governments accountable is transparent reporting about their performance, and this type of reporting creates greater awareness about Iran’s human rights violations record.
Amnesty International is seeking justice for individuals whose rights have been violated in any way, and in this regard, has sent the case of suspicious deaths in Iranian prisons to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
In another report from the United Nations investigations into the human rights situation in Iran, it states that the Islamic Republic, despite its promises to carry out reforms, continues to violate freedom of speech and proceeds with the arrest of activists and political opponents, subjecting them to torture.
According to Radio Farda, this report is the last document prepared by Asma Jahangir, UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, and was now reflected in Reuters news agency approximately three weeks after her death.
Ms. Jahangir, despite the Islamic Republic’s efforts to prevent the publication of her report, had prepared it for presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Iran witnessed nationwide protests in December this year, during which, according to official authorities, 25 people were killed. The Islamic Republic’s security forces also arrested approximately five thousand people, at least three of whom died in detention under suspicious circumstances.
Asma Jahangir in her report addressed the events of December in Iran and called for independent investigations into the crackdowns and the deaths of protesters in detention. She also wrote that compared to last summer, when she wrote her last report on human rights in Iran, the situation is now more concerning.
Ms. Jahangir’s report stated that the Islamic Republic has further restricted freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly, and tortures and subjects detainees to violent treatment to extract confessions.
According to Ms. Jahangir, the Islamic Republic’s security forces continue arbitrary arrests of opponents and activists, and the detainees are also not afforded the right to a fair trial.
Source: DW
