
Ali Razmjou
- Commander of Imam Sadegh Coprs, Bushehr Province (8 Aug 2017 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Provincial Guard Corps
- Location
- (Bushehr Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
As IRGC commander of Bushehr Province and a member of the Provincial Security Council, Razmjou is 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. 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 one of the protesters being shot by security forces in Bushehr
Video of one of the protesters being shot by security forces in Bushehr
Video of security forces cracking down on protesters in Bushehr
Video of security forces cracking down on protesters in Bushehr
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more