Artikas Eghbal
- Director of Crisis Management in Provincial Government, Kurdistan Province (Sep 2015 - Feb 2019)
- Governor , Marivan (Kurdistan Province) (Feb 2019 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Marivan
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As Governor of Marivan, and chairman of the City 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 at least one child, and injured several others. It also led to mass arrests during the November 2019 protests.
- Sources
Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13
Human Rights Violation Case: Artikas Iqbal, Justice for Iran, March 2017 https://justice4iran.org/persian/human-rights-violators-bank/artikas-eghbal/
"Governor of Marivan: The most severe punishment awaits the rioters", IRNA, November 2017 https://www.irna.ir/news/83562617/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA
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
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262
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