Amnesty International:

Iran; World must strongly condemn use of lethal force against protesters as death toll rises to 161

Updated: 29 November 2019, 10:41 UTC

 

The confirmed number of protesters killed in Iran has risen to at least 161 protesters, according to credible reports received by Amnesty International.

The real death toll is likely to be significantly higher.

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The international community must denounce the intentional lethal use of force by Iranian security forces that has resulted in the killings of at least 143 protesters since demonstrations broke out on 15 November, Amnesty International said today.

According to credible reports received by the organization, at least 143 people were killed. The deaths have resulted almost entirely from the use of firearms. One man was reported to have died after inhaling tear gas, another after being beaten. Amnesty International believes that the death toll is significantly higher and is continuing to investigate.

"The rising death toll is an alarming indication of just how ruthless the treatment of unarmed protesters has been by the Iranian authorities and reveals their appalling assault on human life," said Philip Luther, Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.

To: Dr. Michelle Bachelet Jeria

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Palais Wilson, United Nations; the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights
Geneva, Switzerland

Dear High Commissioner,

Over the last week you like many of us you have recollected scattered scenes of heinous crimes against protesters in Iran and wondered about the Orwellian nightmare that has reined over Iran under the Islamic Republic of Iran. As the result of "the political panic" that the ISI has felt, it shutdown Internet and stifled every form of communication within and across Iranian communities to prevent any depictions and coverage of its acts of terrorism so that to nip in the bud the legitimate protests against the sudden hike in fuel cost. Using its terror network and propaganda inside the country, it managed to repress the digital coverage of the protests.

 دیارده‌ی توند و تیژی دژ به‌ ژنان له‌ كۆمه‌ڵگای كوردستان و ئێراندا

ئه مین خۆاله

٢٥ی مانگی ١١ى ٢٠١٩

توند و تیژی و گوشار بۆ سه‌ر ژنان و ئافره‌تان له‌ كۆمه‌ڵگاكانی جیهانی سێهه‌م زه‌قترین و به‌رچاوترین دیارده‌كانی ئه‌مڕۆی سه‌رده‌م و مرۆڤایه‌تییه‌. به‌ كار هێنانی هێزی سه‌ركوت و ڕووخێنه‌ر له‌ كۆمه‌ڵگای ئێران به‌ گشتی و كۆمه‌ڵگای كورده‌واریدا به‌ تایبه‌ت زۆر زاڵه‌ به‌ سه‌ر ژنان و ئافره‌تانی نه‌ته‌وه‌كه‌مان كه‌ به‌شێكی گه‌وره‌ن له‌ پێكهێنه‌رانی كۆمه‌ڵگای و هاوكات به‌دیهینه‌ر و ئافرێنه‌ر و دایكی نه‌وه‌كانی داهاتووی كۆمه‌ڵگا.

دوابه‌دوای شۆڕشی گه‌لانی بنده‌ستی ئێران و هاتنه‌ سه‌ر كاری ڕژیمی سه‌ركوتكه‌ری كۆماری ئیسلامی بۆ سه‌ر ده‌سه‌ڵات ژنانی ئێرانی و له‌ سه‌رووی هه‌مووانه‌وه‌ ژنانی رۆژهه‌ڵاتی كوردستان زیاتر چه‌وسێندرانه‌وه‌ و ژیان و باری ئابووری و ڕه‌وتی ئازادییه‌كانیان كه‌وته‌ مه‌ترسییه‌وه‌ و هه‌موو ئازادییه‌ مرۆڤایه‌تییه‌كان و به‌ها ئینسانییه‌كانیان لێ زه‌وت كرا و له‌ ژێر ناوی نامووس و شه‌ره‌ف پاراستنی بنه‌ماكانی ئایینی ئیسلام گوشارێكی زۆر خرایه‌ سه‌ر ئه‌م به‌شه‌ی كۆمه‌ڵگا و ئافرێنه‌رانی میژوو.

The Demise of the American Empire and The Kurds

BY; Hiwa Nezhadian,

Los Angeles, USA November 4th, 2019 

Recent American troops pull out of Syrian Kurdish region (Rojava) by an order from President Trump and granting green light to Turkey to send in Turkish troops to slaughter the Kurdish population is illegal, immoral and inhumane. It is back stabbing and betrayal of the most reliable ally by the United States.

President Trumps knew exactly what the consequences would be, mass killing of Kurdish civilians and the destruction of Rojava's infrastructure, creation of refugees by hundreds of thousands (so far 275,000 refugees and hundreds dead), a new generation of orphans, resurgence of ISIS, more than 800 ISIS members have escaped prisons held by Kurds and opened by Turkish bombing. Turkish invasion can engulf the region in an endless and unpredictable war. 

When asked Donald Trump why a sudden pull out American troops and leaving the Kurdish people without protection, the most reliable American and Western ally, his response was: "Well they (Kurds) didn't help us in Normandy, they didn't help the United States in WWII"... this statement indicates the President's lack of understanding of politics, geography and history.

The Anaheim convention center was hosting "BlizzCon," celebrating computer game company Blizzard Entertainment, responsible for such titles as World of Warcraft and Starcraft. Thus, numerous individuals were fully decked out in "cosplay" attire, from ogres and elves to sorceresses and space soldiers.

 

In clothes of a different sort were the event's protesters: pro-Hong Kong demonstrators, some sporting Winnie the Pooh outfits, a satisfying jab at China's authoritarian leader Xi Jinping, who has been savagely mocked for resembling the lovable bear with a very little brain. (Blizzard has chosen the predictably corporate and wrong side in the Hong Kong vs. China question.)