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On Wednesday, Amnesty International accused Iranian security forces of committing “horrific human rights violations” following the crackdown on protests that took place late last year, referring in particular to “widespread torture”.
In November 2019, the Islamic Republic witnessed large-scale demonstrations that erupted in protest against a sharp rise in oil prices, but the security forces quickly and brutally put down those protests and arrested many, amid a cut-off. almost total internet.
In a report titled “Crushing Humanity: Mass Arrests, Disappearances and Torture Since the November 2019 Demonstrations in Iran,” Amnesty said it had collected testimonies from dozens of detainees of some 7,000 men, women and children who were arrested, according to their estimates, as a consequence of these manifestations. .
The human rights organization noted that Iranian judicial and security agencies committed “a series of horrific human rights violations, including arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, torture and other forms of ill-treatment.”
Beaten, whipped, electric shocks …
The methods of torture mentioned in the report include “beatings, flogging, electric shocks, stressful situations, mock executions, scuba diving, sexual violence, forced use of chemicals and denial of medical care.”
“Hundreds of detainees were sentenced to imprisonment and flogging, and several people were sentenced to death after grossly unfair trials behind closed doors, presided over by partial judges, often lasting less than an hour, and systematically trusted (confessions) obtained under torture, “he added.
The organization stated in its report that “among the victims are children, some of them as young as 10 years old, and protesters who were injured, and were sometimes detained from inside hospitals, while they tried to obtain medical attention for the injuries they suffered. to bullets, in addition to human rights defenders. , Including minority rights activists, journalists and people who attended the memorial service for those killed in the protests.
He explained that “he has registered the names and details of more than 500 protesters and other people, including journalists and human rights defenders, who have been subjected to unfair criminal proceedings related to the protests.”
Among the torture methods documented in the report are “stripping detainees of their clothing, dousing them with cold water, exposing them to extreme temperatures and / or exposing them to bright lights or loud noises; forcibly remove their nails and feet; pepper spray them or force them to ingest chemicals, or The use of electric shocks, waterboarding or mock executions. “
The report noted that “interrogators and prison officials committed sexual violence against male detainees, including by stripping them and forcing them to strip, using vulgar sexual words, pepper spray spraying the genital area and applying electric shocks to the testicles.”
The report quoted a man who had been subjected to electric shocks as saying that “the worst form of torture was electric shocks … as if I had millions of needles jabbed all over my body,” while another said that he was “suspended from his hands and feet in a painful way on a pole, and the interrogators indicated that … Chicken kebab – “.
In May, the Iranian Interior Ministry announced that nearly 225 people had died during the violent protests.
A group of independent UN experts said in December, citing an unconfirmed report, that the crackdown had more than 400 victims.
Iran accused the “rioters” of being behind the violence fueled by its three enemies: Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia.
