With the killing of the young woman Muhsa Amini serving as the catalyst for the Iranian revolt, more than 40 human rights organisations have denounced the regime’s deadly response and urged the UN Human Rights Council to launch an immediate investigation.
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other organisations expressed their “grave concern” on Iran’s “mobilising the repression to begin an unrelenting campaign” against the country’s revolt.
Since the young Muhsa Amini, 22, passed away on September 16, just days after being detained by Iran’s Ethics Police for breaking the country’s strict dress regulations, protests have been taking place in Iran.
The organizations said that the evidence was shouted “a terrible pattern for the Iranian security forces launched live ammunition and metal bullets, including the Kurdish, intentionally and illegally, on demonstrators and passers -by, including children.
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In four weeks of unrest, she continued, the regime’s campaign “raised the number of deaths from the demonstrators and passers-by,” including at least 23 children.
The UN Human Rights Council demanded that “immediate action be taken, a special session be held, and that an impartial investigative report and an accounting process be established.” “.
Human rights organisations denounce the regime’s repression of the revolt in Iran.
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