rights council said the situation in iran is now critical. situation in iran is now critical- situation in iran is now critical. . , ., critical. the unnecessary and disproportionate critical. the unnecessary and disproportionate use - critical. the unnecessary and disproportionate use of - critical. the unnecessary and disproportionate use of force must come to an end. the old methods and the fortress mentality of those who wield power simply don t work. in fact, they only aggravate the situation. we are now in a full fledged human rights crisis. its members have approved an international fact finding mission to investigate the crackdown despite a run s and diplomats fighting hard to block it. the maccabees once again by arrogant states that antagonise states. it is committed to protecting human rights. it took months of pressure on world leaders to get here. pressure on world leaders to get here-
a long time ago in iran. but it is happening at a time when the united nations is warning that the situation in the country is critical. we ve heard the u.n. human rights chief describing this as a human rights crisis. with the government s brutal crackdown intensifying, many fear the situation is only going to get worse so it s important the international community is doing this right now. u.s. officials are urging turkey to end the assault ocn kurdish forces. one of the kurdish groups is a key ally in the u.s. fight against isis. they call the turkey actions destabilizing.
mechanism to ensure the perpetrators are held accountable. you have the united nations agreeing on this fact-finding mission to be formed. it will investigate the human rights violations that will take place during the human rights that will take place. it will collect and analyze evidence of these human rights violations and that could be used to try to hold those perpetrators of the crimes accountable in the future. the concern is, of course, you know, you hear some people saying this is long overdue, this should have happened a long time ago when you consider what s been going on in iran for years and years right now. but at the same time, whitney, it s coming at such a critical time. we heard the united nations warning that the situation in iran right now has turned into this full-blown human rights crisis. you re seeing the death toll from this crackdown continuing to rise. the government is not backing down.
the draft is completely biased and does not reflect the facts and realities of the situation. the u.n. s high commissioner for human rights called it a full fledged human rights crisis. now anti-government protests, largely led by women, have consumed iran since the september death of mahsa amini. amini was a 22-year-old. she died in custody of the so-called morality police who stopped her for not wearing her mandatory hijab. now to china where apple supplier foxconn is apologizing after newly-recruited workers a the largest iphone factory in the world say that they were not paid as promised. it has led to mass protests and violent clashes. the company blamed the whole situation on what they call a technical error. cnn s selina wang has more on how it all turned violent. reporter: the world s largest iphone factory located in china has offered to pay new workers $1,400 to quit and leave their
following the measures which have been put in place to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the chinese capital. i was under lockdown myself earlier today after our compound told us we all had to stay indoors until we d done a series of pcr tests, then they d let us out again. well, that s not the same for the residents living in thousands of tower blocks here in beijing. they ll have to stay at home for at least the next few days. everywhere in china, there is covid fatigue. the chinese government seems to have backed itself into a corner with its covid strategy. there is great pressure on it to change tack. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing. in other news: the un human rights council has ordered an international probe into iran s violent crackdown of women s rights protests. the human rights commissioner said iran is experiencing a fully fledged human rights crisis over the past eight weeks. 111,000 people, included children, have been arrested so far. more than 300 peopl