Hassan Sheikhnejad
- Police Commander, Miandoab (West Azerbaijan Province) (0000 - 22 May 2021)
- Police Commander, Sardasht (West Azerbaijan Province) (0000)
- Police Commander, Urmia (West Azerbaijan Province) (15 Dec 2020 - 0000)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (25 September 2022- September 28, 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Police (FARAJA)
- Location
- Urmia (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Hassan Sheikhnejad as the Police Commander of Urmia and the memeber of the City Security Council, was responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and issuing orders to use lethal weapons against the protesters during the 2022- 2023 protests in this citiy, which resulted in the death of at least 5 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
- The moment Farjad Darvishi was killed by security forces - Urmia
https://archive.md/YWseo
https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1572551571455766529
Security forces beat up a female protester -Imam Reza Square - Urmiahttps://archive.md/zCRAJ
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1572611542130237441
Security forces shooting at protestershttps://archive.md/LJo7P
https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1573656459648417794
Nasim Sedghi, Car Accident, Not Bullets! Protester’s Family Pressured To Lie About Cause Of Deathhttps://shorturl.at/lou01
A number of leaders and main agents of the riots in Urmia were arrestedhttps://shorturl.at/kBFHT
"Nima Shafiq Dost" died due to a dog bite; Not the recent gatherings in Urmiahttps://shorturl.at/bewBC
Shooting from Basij base - Baloov village - Urmia- September 21, 2022https://archive.md/wip/vpM6P
https://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1573968790932660224
Moment of the killing of Danesh Rahnama - Baloov Village - Urmia - September 21, 2022https://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1573253705100574720
Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (25 September 2022- September 28, 2023) read more