US EditionMahsa Amini’s death in Iran custody was ‘unlawful’, says UN mission
- The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission found that Mahsa Amini's death in Iran was caused by violence in state custody.
- Iran's High Council for Human Rights criticized the fact-finding mission for lacking independence and impartiality.
- The mission called on the Iranian government to stop executions, release detained individuals, and halt judicial harassment.
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UN fact-finding mission concludes death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian custody unlawful
The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI), mandated by the UN, concluded on Monday that the death of Mahsa Amini while in custody was unlawful and resulted from violence. The UN Human Rights Council established the mission in November 2022 to investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran. Its primary focus was to examine the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian-K…
Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody was 'unlawful': UN fact-finding mission on Iran
'State authorities in Iran were responsible for egregious human rights violations in connection with protests’ that started following Amini's death, says head of mission - Anadolu Ajansı
The death of Iran's Mahsa Amini in 2022 was “unlawful” and caused by physical violence, confirms research conducted for the United Nations Human Rights Council. Amini, 22, died when she was taken into custody by the morality police for not complying with Iran's Islamic dress code. The violence against women, which followed the suppression of protests after her death, has also been investigated by the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran. According to th…
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