Ali Azadi
- Police Commander, Zanjan Province (30 Oct 2016 - 17 Dec 2018)
- Police Commander, Kurdistan Province (2 Dec 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- The Police (FARAJA)
- Location
- (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Ali Azadi, as Police commander of Kurdistan Province, and a member of Provincial Security Council is directly responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this province, which resulted in the death of at least 7 protesters. The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on 15 November, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. According to Reuters at least 1500 were killed during the protests. Amnesty International, verified the identity of 304 protesters killed by the security forces.
- Sources
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Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Sanandaj
Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Marivan
Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Marivan
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Police (FARAJA)
- Location
- Kurdistan Province (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Ali Azadi, as Police commander of Kurdistan Province, and a member of Provincial Security Council is directly responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the 2022-2023 nationwide protests in this province, which resulted in the death of at least 57 protesters. The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic. These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.
- Sources
- Kurdistan Police commander: The Law Enforcement Forces Will Not Tolerate Rioters
https://www.irna.ir/news/84896224/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A8%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C
Shooting at the protesters- Saqez
https://archive.md/4L43T
https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1571083874201120768
Direct shooting at the protesters- Saqez
https://archive.md/HRUuY
https://twitter.com/HengawO/status/1576570663292194817
Shooting at the protesters- Saqez
https://archive.md/6kz8z
https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1578686296851361792
https://www.iranintl.com/202209180066
Security forces shooting at protesters - Banehhttps://archive.md/viq1E
https://x.com/hra_news/status/1580814040930344960
Security forces shooting at protesters - Marivanhttps://archive.md/SeHq0
https://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1589174503661535232
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/IZ0EV
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1571539089341681666
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/phks2
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1587870361907085312
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/QaIkK
https://x.com/begoonah1/status/1571530159722995712
Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more