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Over 106 protesters had been killed by Iranian authorities, as per a report by Amnesty International (AI), published on November 19th.
Amnesty International claimed that it is working on confirming the information. Therefore, the claim remains a kind of speculation aimed at the intensifying the protest level in Iran.
The organization allegedly obtained the information from reports whose credibility and reliability it has ascertained by interviewing journalists and human rights activists involved in gathering them. It has then reportedly crosschecked the information.
“At least 106 protesters in 21 cities have been killed, according to credible reports received by Amnesty International. The organization believes that the real death toll may be much higher, with some reports suggesting as many as 200 have been killed.”
The official death count stands at 6 dead, according to the Iranian government. State media further reported that over 1,000 have been arrested.
Video footage shows security forces using firearms, water cannons and tear gas to disperse protests and beating demonstrators with batons.
“The authorities must end this brutal and deadly crackdown immediately and show respect for human life,” said Philip Luther, Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.
“The frequency and persistence of lethal force used against peaceful protesters in these and previous mass protests, as well as the systematic impunity for security forces who kill protesters, raise serious fears that the intentional lethal use of firearms to crush protests has become a matter of state policy.”
Meanwhile, the complete internet shutdown in Iran is still in effect, as of the evening of November 19th. NetBlocks reported that connectivity is less than 10% of normal levels.
Update: It has been 75 hours since #Iran introduced a near-total internet shutdown leaving Iranians isolated from the rest of the world ?
The rights to free expression and free assembly are inviolable and must be protected #Internet4Iran #IranProtests
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— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) November 19, 2019
“Shutting down communications over the internet is a systematic assault on the right to freedom of expression and suggests that the authorities have something to hide. Iranian authorities must immediately lift all restrictions on access to the internet and social media to allow people to share information and freely express their opinions,” said Philip Luther.
AI furthermore claimed that various Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomenei “demonized” the protesters, to justify the alleged excessive use of force by authorities.
“Instead of giving a green light to brutality, the Iranian authorities must rein in their security forces to prevent further bloodshed. The long-standing pattern of impunity for unlawful killings and injuries in Iran is bound to continue unless independent impartial investigations are conducted into all suspected instances of arbitrary and abusive use of force, and those who commit such serious crimes and violations are held to account,” said Philip Luther.
At the same time, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) also released a statement claiming that live ammunition had been widely used to crackdown on the protests.
“We are deeply concerned by reported violations of international norms and standards on the use of force, including the firing of live ammunition, against demonstrators in Iran”, OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville said. “It would suggest that it is not simply the immediate trigger to the protest which was a rise in fuel prices, but…much deeper-seated problems persisting in the country.”
Furthermore, the OHCHR sad that the situation was alarming.
“There are increasing reports suggesting the numbers killed are certainly in the dozens, in at least two figures, some reports (are) even higher. So, it would be very useful to have a better, clearer picture but it is clearly very significant, very alarming situation and widespread across the country.”
Finally, the UN called for restraint from both authorities and protesters.
“Firearms should only be used in cases of an imminent threat to life or of serious injury and only when less extreme measures are insufficient to address such a threat when dispersing peaceful assemblies.”
Protesters should for their part carry out demonstrations without resorting to physical violence or the destruction of property, he insisted, while also calling on the Government to re-establish web access immediately, as well as other forms of communication.
There are limited reports from Iran itself, as the communications shutdown is on-going.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a speech to the cabinet, saying that the Iranian nation was defeating “the plot hatched by enemies and people emerged victorious from yet another historic test.”
According to him, “the Iranian people are well aware that the main goal of the government is self-sufficiency in energy supply so that we do not need to import it and be able to properly execute and consume the energy we need to produce properly as well as a certain amount. Implementing justice in society means that fuel subsidies require more people than needy people.”
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typical Modus Operandi of Satanic Zionist jews….with their most powerful weapon…MONEY….and u will Always find traitors willing to worship the mammon
Rials are no mammon and hardly money at all unless You have a parambulator
Can i ask you what klove and light means?
During the Summer, I recall John Bolton claiming and bragging that the Iranian government would fall THIS year.
I was sceptical at the time, but was there in fact a US plan for paid agitators to provoke the civil unrest in all of the rioting we see today across the globe.
All the riots have the same pattern, clothing styles and tactics from the ringleaders combined with escalations designed to FORCE a response from security forces.
Oh they now do global online and local field training for paid protestors.
I know what the LAPD would do to a ‘democracy-crazed’ shmuck try to close down a pissy alleyway, let alone a major road – and it ain’t pretty what the LAPD would do: shoot first, ask questions later. And remember what the NYPD did to all them ‘occupywallstreet’ protestors when they did a sit-in and closed down Wall Street? Yeah that wasn’t so pretty either.
The US mafia elite will be writing a more ‘acceptable’ version of reality in the US and elsewhere in the coming years.
IF the Zio scum survive.
They won’t survive cuz they’re born cowards. Sneaky motherfucking cowards!
He announced that he will celebrate in Tehran, with MEK, on the day of Islamic revolution. Day long passed. Bolton and zios will now do unimaginable things, like those new IDF designations etc, everyone who is against their agendas is terrorist. Make no mistake, Bolton is corporate thug who is very active despite being out of the government.
I think Bolton only gets involved with them out of hatred. Not defending the MEK at all. If they stuck to their ideology, they’d be viable. Doesn’t seem like the case though.
Its because of having the common goal, not hatred because one does not associate with those whom he hates. MEK is responsible for around 200 American casualties in last 4 decades jet they paraded near White House recently :)
They are contradicting one another.
I agree. I am sure that Russia and China in particular, will respond when the time is right. Iran really needs to analyse all new fiscal ideas before implementing them I think. The fuel hikes in monetary terms for the average mileage motorist in Iran would be tiny I would think.
I suspect that the hardened rioters are those who illegally sell hugely subsidised fuel to smugglers who then sell it abroad for a huge profit.
Perhaps the way to stop the local gangs illegal fuel sales would be to use the tax authorities powers to challenge illicit incomes. Politically a few big figures will be involved as well I would think.
‘Softly softly catchee monkey’ is a better tactic than street brawls with the police. Name and shame the tax evaders as well locally.
Yeeerh, they are all criminals and the Goverment is not . I didnt expect something like that from You.
Biut of course we have muslims doing nothing among the demonstraters having lack of free public wellfare in France.
We also see local diselgenerator electricity makers in Lebanon prefare smog, astma and bronchitis for better and bigger powerplants.
We can only hope that Iranian nation will get out of this stronger. Scheming games are so large.
Bolton as well as some zionists dont represent the whole world. You even believe more in Trump then Americans do.
Also, as you have explained well in your post – all the riots do indeed share the same pattern. Wars since Arab Spring are being waged like that because cost of standard war is too great. Corporate elites are behind these protests and corporate interests are driving them. And its fuck cheap, every nation has cheap whores who will start them and die in the process while their nations are turned into graveyards. Like Libya.
The ironic thing is that the leadership of Western nations nations who currently practice this Black Art for personal gain, are in fact prime targets for similar political unrest.
Its time for China and others to fund such unrest in the Western nations involved , I think.
London for instance struggled with a few hundred untrained rioters a few years ago and an organised campaign on the Hong Kong model could literally set fire to the capital.
Maybee You and others should clean at home first. Iran is a stinker too.
Yeah. Good point. They are planting very evil seed and it will backfire. Also, given Western level of hypocrisy I would not be surprised to see them brutally executing any dissenting groups in their own nations, namely USA, France and Britain who are breeding ground for this new strategy.
How can You ever write something like that. They have one of the yougest population in the world having the highest unimployment rates as well.
Thats Mecca and Medina for all kind of protests incl getting a job and some income becomming a Jihadist or anything else.
I see no respect for those being poor having no jobs and hardly any future and even equipped in religios terms, which I dont like.
Its people of Your kind, which only should be allowed to be farmers far away from anybody else or similar goat heards. You are the whore.
Do you enjoy being ruled over by pedos jens
I dont see those Youngsters in Iran as Pedoes. As most of us having jobs, they need one education for it and an ocome for having their own life as well as being ablo to give and take for family and friends.
If a Goverment not even try to fo that or they only has a bad context for it, then They or yje Context or both has to be vhanged a little or at least some.
Iran seemes to be permanent unimployment. I cant see sanctions are the main reason. It seemes to be the many stoppings by Qaum Religos ones.
I am totally sekular, but Christians do have had good and bad Popes. Yhe good ones are the ones, which understand the world and the people living in it adapting to faith(even sekulars believe in things).
The bad Popes are the ones, which understand whats written and then almost insist i brainwash of their believers to make them right in a very narrowminded way.
They seemes to have forgotten, that we have to live many years on earth before we go to heaven(I dont believe inheaven).
So thats what its about.
We had semilar biig problems in Denmark about 20 years ago,which more or less was ignored, but after debating for solutions, we found, that older people af 60 year could retire instead of 67. W created a lot of needed jobs even they were not vital, so the Young ones at least got simple jobs. We also created extra education for many having jobs, so they made some space for the totally unimployed.
SEveral of our most famous old bridges and roads are made in a long unimplyment period. They were expensive and the country actually had no money for it – BUT – we still use themtoday even mopst of them are renovated several times.
Its very important for Young people as well as others they can say: I MADE THAT BRIDGE even 500 others did too and that also becaiuse its TOGETHER uniting people in hard times.
Yea what do these dumb fucks think will happen do they really believe if they overthrow they’re government and set up a western style democracy they will all be rich and live in peace don’t they notice what has happened in Iraq Syria Libya anyway what they don’t realise is that we who live in western countries are in a really bad situation we are unarmed dumbed down and our governments are controlled by devil worshipping pedos who don’t have our best interest at heart we are sitting ducks guys these wars in the mid east are not about oil or money they are about power and control and they don’t want power and control to give us freedom and someone should tell these idiots democracy is the worst form of government because in a democracy anyone can get into a position of power and that means evil people can get into power very easily.
When I read your reply, I was struck with the obvious remedy for Iran and other countries who are being attacked by US funded and trained Professional Rioters who stir up dissent.
Iran , China and others should film the accurate and verifiable violent chaos that has ensued for decades and today in ALL the nations that the US has internally destabilised. Iran and China should broadcast the evidence murder and mayhem that has destroyed civil society from within. The US then imposes a system of US controlled Warlords who brutally control the people within the US targetted nations.
In my opinion Russian leaders also need to show their populace the reality of US Zionist oppression.
Yes yes and yes
Amnesty International is working on confirming the information.
Hmmm, good luck with that.
Amnesty International has been sooooo jewy for soooo long now. This means they lie for the mossad, cia and saudi intelligence that goes under the name of ‘The General Intelligence Presidency (GIP). That aside, they’ve yet to “confirm” the info lol!
Exactly, Lena. Amnesty international was created by CIA and always worked for them.
CIA created the world and not someone named Allabama Obama or something. He – if it is a he – is a Zionist Jew.
EVERYTHING- You got it.
They are the Choran writers too. Arabs could not write. And the first version¨s was in Hebrew and Arameic
Amnesty, the OPCW et al, are all institutions that were once respected , but today we know that the vast majority of pseudo independent investigative organisations have been corrupted by the USA.
Perhaps this has always been the case since WW2 and it has only become obvious in recent years because the USA/Israel and her vassals, such as the UK, are in a blind panic as their venal brutality toward all non aligned nations is continually been exposed during this era of internet ‘peoples’ connectivity worldwide.
When last did Amnesty comment on.. umm… Yemen? Just out of interest
You have been so antijew soooo looooong now.
And you have been soooo anti humanity for soooo long cuz you’re a shekel freak. Anti-gentile cunt!
Peaceful protesters would not be setting fire to banks, buildings & cars. This has the hallmark of rent a mob tactics same as in HK. The MEK would have a big incentive to inflame the situation.
Possibly, hard to tell.
I don’t hear voices for Chile, Bolivia or Bahrain… While amnesty int. was one of the most essential sources of data for many conflicts and especially “cast lead” & “protective edge” they are losing integrity in last years with all those targeted, agenda driven reports.
I dont see the loss of ingrity. I see a lot replaced by direct TV, Internet with text, pictures and videos and unfortunatly mixted up with someone like You.
You can write anything You wish and certainly do, but older medias has to document and sometimes as close as giving You corpses and glue in Your beds.
Over 106 protesters had been killed by Iranian authorities, as per a report by Amnesty International (AI), published on November 19th.
Amnesty International is working on confirming the information.
Methinks that if you don’t have confirmation you’re not releasing information, but rumors. And rumors are no better then fake news.
Amnesty has fallen mightily these past years.
Amnesty has never been anywhere close to credible source. It seemed so during ColdWar times but it was just the same – propaganda tool of anglo-zio empire.
That’s the work that, unfortunately, AI is doing in last few years. Thanks for pointing it out.
just a fraction of the palestinians israel kills every year, just a trifle but while the msm is quiet to a degree of being deaf and mute on the killing expedited by the israelis on palestinians they are in an uproar as never before – strange!
It would be a fraction if it was true. Problem is that “amnesty hypocritical” is looking for confirmation of rumors that they are readily spreading.
The problem is You try to incate nothing has happendm even we have seen several videos and has messages from there.
The Goverment has told 6 are dead and many are arrested.
It must be a hard job to ignore that much.
Its kind of refreshing. Influx of new ziotrolls here. They seem to have either updated their hasbara or ditched it in order to hide bias behind moderately shaped walls of text in which they place their agenda in one catchy, short sentence – hoping it will go unnoticed and give them reputation in return. Logical fallacies are far worse choice than your old hasbara. Just an advice. :)
PS Its evident in quite few articles among which is that about recent air attack on Damascus.
Again only rubbish. And yes Jews makes babies too, but they also grow up.
I was not talking about Jews. You fail again :D
For sure! Direct hit, congratulations! There are many American Jews (and others) who are Anti-Zionist, hasbara trolls notwithstanding.
What is the “Democratic Iran Channel” which posted these videos? An arm of MEK? A CIA and/or Soros-funded internet agitator? No wonder Iran gov’t closed down the internet if that’s the case. (Which it probably is.)
Could be Shah supporting for that matter. Funny thing about the MEK is that they were supposed to be anti-imperialist in the beginning. Nowadays it’s like they’re willing to sell out while claiming to follow Mossadeq’s example. It’s one thing to hate the system there, but selling out is another.
I think they get funding from the US, possibly UK, or anybody who wants to undermine the Iranian government. (But na, the Shah is dead! They probably use Mr. Mossadeq’s name to garner support from Iranians.)
You see nothing. And why ????? Because the Iranian Goverment almost has closed Internet down.
And You even assume some crap of the worst kind as just below as well as those podcasts represent all demonstrations.
I allow to propose that records in unimplyments and the Goverment do nothing about for for the many Young ones, are the main rwson and fire ignitd by the priests.
The boycut is same thing. Those threats and run stop making nukes does it to me.
Obvios You are not raised to think Yourselves.
Bullshit.
You have no relations to written facts,pictures as well as videos about it. You even lie about, what the Iranian officials tell about it.
Its even been visible here at this side, but of course those days – just as the many around demonstrations in Iraq, You were in jail or in new Caledonia having no internet.
You are the pest and backside of Internet.
A typical reflexion. I see those among several others and not as any patent for documenting for, whats going on.
So far its the Iranian Goverment making the it secret.
Dont You have internet.
I’m American, I have internet. Doesn’t mean I believe propaganda put out by supporters and instigators of “color revolutions”.
There are legitimate grievances and the government needs reform no doubt. But clearly sanctions are to blame for this. It is possible the west may take advantage of this.
Probable, I think.
This IS the advantage. I feel fine about it.
From a comfortable office in London, Amnesty International reports…..
They have local representatives in Iran as well and other rapporter as well. Amnesty is a highly reliable source and even add, their estimates are estimates and why.
You probatly has not learned about internet and they use the telecope in Greenwich and pigions.
https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/1197221653131907073
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