There have been major protests in Iran after September 2022, when 22-year-old Mahsa Jina Amini died in police custody. It ignited the “woman, life, freedom” movement, where many women and men took to the streets to demonstrate against the regime. Protester Maryam was one of many who took off her hijab during the protests. She was arrested one day by the Revolutionary Guard, and was kept in solitary confinement for almost two months. Several women took off the mandatory headscarf during the protests that began in September 2022. The women in the photo are not associated with the Amnesty report. Photo: AFP – My friends and I removed our veils in public and we sang. The thought never crossed my mind that security forces would arrest us, Maryam told Amnesty. Used own clothes to stop bleeding More than 30 members of the Revolutionary Guard are said to have put the girls in a van. The agents blindfolded them. – I tried to hold the hands of my friends because I was so scared, but they kicked me so violently and threw me into a smooth cell. I was alone in my cell, but I could hear the screams of other prisoners, says Maryam. She was subjected to severe rape by several members of the Revolutionary Guard, according to the report from Amnesty. There have been large protests, off and on in Iran since September 2022. Here from Tehran last year. Photo: AP She lost consciousness and had to use her own clothes to stop the bleeding. Maryam is one of 45 people that Amnesty has spoken to. Children under the age of 12 – The documentation reveals how members of the regime’s security apparatus mercilessly used rape and other sexual violence against protesters, says John Peder Egenæs, Secretary General of Amnesty Norway. news has not succeeded in getting a response from the Iranian embassy in Oslo, but they have been presented with the findings. The Iranian government has previously denied abuses against detainees, calling them “false” and “baseless”. 26 men, 12 women and seven children are said to have all been subjected to sexual violence and rape. The children are said to have been as young as 12 years old. The rapes are said to have taken place in prisons, police cars, schools and residential buildings used to detain people arrested during the demonstration. This year’s peace prize goes to an Iranian activist According to the report, state agents raped women and girls vaginally, anally and orally, while men and boys were raped anally. The rapes were carried out with wooden and metal batons, glass bottles, hoses and agents’ genitals and fingers. Photo: Reuters The report from Amnesty comes a few days before this year’s peace prize goes to the Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. Mohammadi, who is himself in prison, has repeatedly criticized the Iranian authorities for abuse in prison.
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