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DW \u2014 Dozens of demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested and abused, according to an Amnesty International report. The anti-government protests broke out in November 2019 in response to a hike in petrol prices.<\/p>\nDW \u2014 Dozens of demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested and abused, according to an Amnesty International report. The anti-government protests broke out in November 2019 in response to a hike in petrol prices.<\/p>\n
Iran’s security forces were the perpetrators of\u00a0serious human rights violations against demonstrators in the wake of\u00a0anti-government protests in November 2019<\/a>, according to a report by Amnesty International on Wednesday.<\/p>\n The UK-based non-governmental organization\u00a0accused security forces of using torture to elicit confessions, adding that\u00a0hundreds of civilians\u00a0have subsequently been imprisoned\u00a0since last year’s protests against increased petrol prices that\u00a0prompted\u00a0a severe crackdown from the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n At the time, the nationwide demonstrations were quelled\u00a0by security forces with widespread\u00a0arrests as well as\u00a0a near-total internet blackout.<\/p>\n Amnesty\u00a0said it had collated dozens of accounts\u00a0and that children as young as 10 were among those arrested.<\/p>\n The testimonies reveal “a catalog\u00a0of shocking human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture and other ill-treatment,”\u00a0Amnesty\u00a0said.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/em>\u00a0Iranian hackers pose as DW journalists<\/a><\/p>\n Those arrested were tortured into “confessions” of involvement in the unrest, membership of opposition groups or contact with foreign powers, it added.<\/p>\n The human rights group said it had registered the names of more than 500 people “subjected to unfair criminal proceedings in connection with the protests.”<\/p>\n “Hundreds have since been sentenced to prison terms and flogging and several to the death penalty following grossly unfair trials which were presided over by biased judges behind closed doors,” Amnesty said.<\/p>\n Jail terms ranged from one month to 10 years, the report stated.<\/p>\n Techniques deployed to torture those detained included water boarding, beating, electric shocks, pepper spraying genitals, sexual violence, mock executions and pulling out finger and toe nails, Amnesty said.<\/p>\n In May this year, Iran’s interior minister suggested that up to 225 people died during the protests, when petrol pumps were set on fire, police stations attacked and stores\u00a0looted.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/em>\u00a0Iran retrieves cockpit recordings from downed Ukraine Airlines jet<\/a><\/p>\nChildren detained<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Water boarding and sexual violence deployed<\/strong><\/h2>\n