Gholam Abbas Gholamzadeh
Gholam Abbas Gholamzadeh
غلامعباس غلامزاده
Male
No
Alive
4 Jul 2022
- Police Commander , Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (1395 - Aug 2020)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Gholamzadeh, as police commander of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiayri 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. 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
Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Shahr-e-Kord
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Police commander, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province (2012 - 2016)
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.