Loghman Khosropour Azar
AKA: Khosrowpour Azar,
- Civic Deputy to the Governor, Bukan (2016 - 2019)
- Governor , Bukan (West Azerbaijan Province) (Apr 2019 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Bukan (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As Governor of Bukan and chairman of the city Security Council, he has been responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters in the province's cities, killing at least two people and injuring several others, and for detaining protesters..
- Sources
List of protesters killed in November 2019 protests, Radio Zamaneh, Dec 2019
https://www.radiozamaneh.com/476007
"A Woman in a Red Leather Jacket; New Scenarios, and Advertising Teasers for Broadcasting Confessions", IranWire, November 2019 https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34593
Broadcast of the TV confessions of one of the detainees of the Urmia protests, BBC Farsi, November 2019 https://www.bbc.com/persian/50502381
“Shoot to Kill: Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s
Investigation into the November 2019 protests”, Justice for Iran, February 2020
“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
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more