"Report on suspicious deaths in Iranian prisons sent to the Human Rights Council"
Following another suspicious death in Iranian detention centers, Amnesty International sent a report on these deaths to the Human Rights Council.
The death of Mohammad Raji, a Gonabadi dervish, was arrested in the incidents. In this context, Amnesty International has called the Iranian regime's special committee to investigate suspicious deaths in Iranian prisons non-independent.
A senior researcher at Amnesty International has stated that the first step in holding repressive governments accountable is transparent reporting on their performance, and this type of reporting creates greater sensitivity about Iran's record of human rights violations.
Amnesty International calls for justice for those whose rights have been violated in any way, and in this context, it has sent the case of suspicious deaths in Iranian prisons to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Another report from the United Nations investigation into the human rights situation in Iran states that, despite promises to implement reforms, the Islamic Republic continues to violate the right to freedom of expression, arrest activists and political opponents, and subject them to torture.
According to Radio Farda, this report is the last text prepared by Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, and has now been reflected in the Reuters news agency about three weeks after her death.
Despite the Islamic Republic's efforts to prevent the publication of her report, Ms. Jahangir had prepared it for presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Iran witnessed nationwide protests in January of this year, during which, according to official figures, 25 people were killed. The Islamic Republic's security forces also arrested around 5,000 people, at least three of whom died in detention under suspicious circumstances.
In her report, Asmeh Jahangir addressed the events of January in Iran and called for an independent investigation into the repression and deaths of protesters in detention. She also wrote that compared to this summer, when she wrote her last report on human rights in Iran, the situation has become more worrying.
Ms. Jahangir's report stated that the Islamic Republic has further restricted freedom of expression, freedom of association, and freedom of peaceful assembly, and has subjected detainees to torture and violent treatment in order to extract confessions.
According to Ms. Jahangir, the Islamic Republic's security agents continue to arbitrarily arrest opponents and activists, and those arrested do not have the right to a fair trial.
Source: DW
