Click to expand Image Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran,October1,2022. 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) - Iranian authorities have arrested at least a dozen activists and increased pressure on a wide range of peaceful dissidents ahead of the anniversary of the nationwide protests that swept the country in 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities brutally cracked down on the antigovernment protests that erupted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini in the custody of the abusive morality police on September 16, 2022, killing hundreds of people and arresting thousands of protesters. On August 16, 2023, Bidarzani, an independent women's rights group, reported that Iranian security forces conducted a number of raids of people's homes and arrested 12 people, including 11 women's rights defenders and a political activist. The Prosecutor's Office has refused to provid
Iran Arrests Activists Before Anniversary of Amini s Death
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