The United Nations has expressed “concern” after the death of a young woman in the custody of Iran’s vice squad. The UN’s Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, has expressed “concern over the death of Mahsa Amini in custody” and the “violent response by the security forces to the ensuing demonstrations,” her Geneva office said. on Tuesday Met.
Al-Nashif called for a “quick, independent and efficient investigation” into the 22-year-old’s death and “the allegations of torture and ill-treatment” against police. The death of Amini, who the UN says was arrested by the vice squad for “applying strict headscarves rules”, has sparked outrage and protests in Iran.
Multiple protests against the police
Thousands of people took to the streets again on Monday in the capital Tehran and in the second-largest city Mashhad, according to Iranian news agencies. Demonstrations also took place in Kermanshah, Gilan, Rasawi-Khorasan and Yasd provinces.
UN Deputy Human Rights Commissioner Al-Nashif called for an “independent body” to investigate the “tragic death”. In particular, this is to ensure that the family of the deceased experiences “justice and truth”. Iran’s laws on wearing a headscarf in public, which can be punished with jail time if violated, remain a concern, Al-Nashif said.
Women took off their headscarves
During protests in Tehran following the unexplained death of Mahsa Amini, police used batons and tear gas against protesters on Monday, the Fars agency said. “Hundreds of people” shouted slogans at the authorities, and some women took off their headscarves.
A spokeswoman for deputy UN Human Rights Commissioner Al-Nashif spoke of information that “two to five” people had died in the demonstrations. The police there “fired live ammunition” and used tear gas.
Participants set fire to vehicles
Tehran governor Mochsen Mansuri accused the organizers of the protests there in the online service Twitter of having organized them only to “cause trouble”. The participants set fire to Iranian flags and vehicles, among other things, the governor added.
Mahsa Amini was arrested last Tuesday by the deputy police in Tehran for “wearing inappropriate clothing” and collapsed at the police station under still unclear circumstances. After being in a coma for three days, the 22-year-old died in hospital.
Source: Krone
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