Gholamali Abu Hamzeh
Gholamali Abu Hamzeh
غلامعلی ابوحمزه
1959
Garmsar
Male
No
Died, 19 Dec 2020
Latest military rank: Second Brigadier General
4 Jul 2022
- IRGC Commander, Kerman Province (2017 - Mar 2020)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Provincial Guard Corps
- Location
- (Kerman Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Abu Hamzeh, as the IRGC commander of the Kerman province, and a member of the 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 2 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
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Adviser to the Head of Basij Organisation (Mar 2020 - 19 Dec 2020)
- IRGC Commander, Hamadan Province
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.