The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on violence against protesters in Iran. Independent experts are to investigate the Iranian government’s violations of human rights. They are also to collect evidence to one day hold those responsible accountable. This is reported by the media. Germany and Iceland had submitted the request in Geneva. The majority of the member states of the Human Rights Council agreed. Since the beginning of the protests in Iran in mid-September, more than 300 people are reported to have died. Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for the release of more than 14,000 people arrested in connection with the protests.
Information on the Human Rights Council is available at https://www.bmz.de/de/service/lexikon/un-menschenrechtsrat-60654
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Nicht nur in Berlin protestieren Demonstranten gegen die menschenverachtende Macht der Mullahs. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.
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