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Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.

6th December 2023
Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity

An image provided by an eyewitness on Friday 20 October 2023 shows a water cannon spraying yellow liquid to disperse Baluchi protests and facilitate subsequent arrest of marked protesters.

27th October 2023
Iran: New wave of brutal attacks against Baluchi protesters and worshippers

A protest in Iran against the morality police

21st September 2023
Iran: Compulsory veiling bill a despicable assault on rights of women and girls

19th September 2023
What happened to Mahsa/Zhina Amini?

13th September 2023
Iran: One year after uprising international community must combat impunity for brutal crackdown

Siavash Mahmoudi's mother mourns the death of her son in Iran

21st August 2023
Iran: Respect families’ right to commemorate loved ones killed during uprising without reprisals on one-year anniversary

26th July 2023
Iran: International community must stand with women and girls suffering intensifying oppression

Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, Saeed Yaghoubi, all at risk of execution in Iran

19th May 2023
Iran: Executions of tortured protesters must trigger a robust reaction from the international community

18th May 2023
Iran: International community must take bold action to prevent the execution of three tortured protesters

12th May 2023
Iran: Amnesty International welcomes the release of Bernard Phelan

30th March 2023
Iran: Bernard Phelan must be immediately released

Illustration of child protestor being tortured in Iran

16th March 2023
Iran: Child detainees subjected to flogging, electric shocks and sexual violence in brutal protest crackdown

South African police officers fire rubber bullet as they chase protestors in the streets of Johannesburg, on April 23, 2019 during a protest against the lack of service delivery or basic necessities such as access to water and electricity, housing difficulties and lack of public road maintenance. - Police and protesters exchanged volleys of teargas and stones in Johannesburg on April 23, 2019 after a suburb erupted into protest over public services ahead of polls on May 8. Dozens of residents in the working class Turffontein suburb blocked the main road through ward 55, burning tyres, mattresses and tree branches over allegedly unfair allocation of nearby new social housing. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP) (Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

14th March 2023
Global: Dozens killed and thousands maimed by police misuse of rubber bullets

2nd March 2023
Iran: Chilling execution spree with escalating use of death penalty against persecuted ethnic minorities

Arshia Takdastan, aged 18, Mehdi Mohammadifard, aged 19, and Javad Rouhi, aged 31, each received two death sentences in December 2022 for “enmity against God” (moharebeh) and “corruption on earth” (efsad-e fel arz) in Iran

27th January 2023
Iran: Quash death sentences of young protesters subjected to gruesome torture

Mohamad Ghobadlou, at risk of execution in Iran

11th January 2023
Iran: Young man at grave risk of execution in connection with protests amid ‘killing spree’

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