Seyed Hamed Ameli
- Head of industry, Mine and Trade , Ardabil Province (28 Dec 2013 - 13 Feb 2019)
- Deputy of the Organization for Industrial Towns and Small Industries of the Country, National (31 Dec 2020 - 0000)
- Provincial Governor, Ardabil Province (30 Sep 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Ardabil (Ardabil Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Seyed Hamed Ameli as the governor of Ardabil and the head of the province's 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 the cities of this province, which resulted in the death of at least 2 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
- Security forces attack protesters with armored vehicles and firearms
https://archive.md/LBpkR
https://twitter.com/hra_news/status/1581298144364544002
The security forces are severely beating a protesterhttps://archive.ph/Y5cu0
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1581663532310929408
Security forces arrest and beat a protesterhttps://archive.md/Ofe42
https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1581952288918106112
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more