Following the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini following her arrest for violating Islamic dress codes, the 22-year-old’s parents have filed a lawsuit. Amini’s parents have filed a “lawsuit against those who arrested their daughter” and against “the police officers who spoke to her after she arrived at the vice squad,” said lawyer Saleh Nikbacht.
The public prosecutor and the examining magistrate have been asked to investigate in detail what exactly happened from the moment of arrest until the moment when Amini was transferred to the hospital, the lawyer explains.
Nikbacht asked the authorities to provide “all videos and photos” taken during her stay at the police station.
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The head of the prosecutor’s office “promised that the case would be thoroughly investigated and that all our concerns would be taken into account,” the lawyer said. A medical team appointed by Amini’s family should be informed of the progress of the investigation.
The young Kurd Mahsa Amini was arrested on September 13 for wearing her headscarf “inappropriately”. After her arrest, she collapsed under mysterious circumstances at the police station and was pronounced dead in hospital three days later. Since then, people around the world have taken to the streets to protest their deaths.
Source: Krone
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