
Bahman Moradnia
AKA: Morad Nia
- Member of Parliament, Bijar (2008 - 2012)
- Provincial Governor , Kurdistan Province (2017 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As Governor of Kurdistan, and chairman of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters. This led to the death of a number of protesters, including children, and injured several others. It also led to mass arrests during the November 2019 protests.
- Sources
Condemnation of recent riots by senior officials and commanders of Kurdistan, Tasnim, December 2019 https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1398/09/02/2145086/%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86
Iran: At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests – new evidence, Amnesty International, 4 March 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/iran-at-least-23-children-killed-by-security-forces-in-november-protests-new-evidence/#:~:text=An%20investigation%20by%20Amnesty%20International,protests%20in%20November%20last%20year.&text=The%20children%20killed%20include%2022,aged%20between%20eight%20and%2012.
“Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'”, Reuters, 23 December 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-specialreport-idUSKBN1YR0QR
“Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree”, Amnesty International, 20 May 2020
List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", Iran Wire, November 2019
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