Heshmat Alavi
Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

10 Tweets 11 reads Sep 03, 2020
THREAD
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Iran: Detainees flogged, sexually abused and given electric shocks in gruesome post-protest crackdown – new report
-Death sentences issued based on torture-tainted “confessions”
#Iran
#HumanRights
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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
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Iran’s police, security, intelligence, prison & judiciary officials committed shocking human rights violations against those detained & linked to nationwide Nov 2019 protests.
-arbitrary detention
-enforced disappearance
-torture & other ill-treatment
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The report documents harrowing 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”.
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One recent case of “confession” under torture is that of Navid Afkari.
"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."
#SaveNavidAfkari
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Navid Afkari’s mother is pleading to the world for help to save her son.
The thread sheds light on the case of her three sons placed under torture & forced into confessing to crimes they did not commit.
#SaveNavidAfkari
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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.
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
Warning-Viewer Discretion Is Advised
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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 protests.
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There should be no tolerance for #Iran's human rights violations. This genocidal regime gunned down & killed over 1,500 protesters.
The int'l community should unite in adopting a firm policy & ending all appeasement vis-a-vis Tehran.
And no, this does not mean another war.

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