UN rights experts condemn Iran's protest crackdown

By UN News

Sep 19, 2023 8:39 am

Iran has escalated its crackdown on protests, to prevent public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini's death in police custody last year, UN independent human rights experts warned on Tuesday.

Protests erupted throughout the country on Saturday marking the one-year anniversary of the 22-year-old Iranian woman's death after she was detained by Iran's morality police for allegedly not wearing her headscarf properly.

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Iran has escalated its crackdown on protests, to prevent public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini's death in police custody last year, UN independent human rights experts warned on Tuesday.

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