Ahmad Negahban Siuki

Full Name (English)

Full Name (Farsi)

احمد نگهبان سیوکی

Gender

Male

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Biography

military rank: Second brigadier general

Last Updated

1 Aug 2024

Positions and Violations

Deputy Police Operations, Razavi Khorasan Province (At least 2017 - 11 Aug 2022)
Police Commander, Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province) (11 Aug 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more
  
  Institution
  
  The Police (FARAJA)
  
  Location
  
  Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Ahmad Negahban as the Police Commander of Mashhad 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
  
  Shooting from the police station at the protesters-Mashhad
  https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1572797591968190467
  
  https://archive.md/AuKut
  
  Security forces shooting at the cameraman-Mashhad
  
  https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1577992148137705472
  
  https://archive.md/ytwlh
  
  The security forces are brutally beating a protester-Mashhad
  
  https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1579018086212308992
  
  https://archive.md/id7zw
  
  Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
Deputy Commander of Law Enforcement, Razavi Khorasan Province (12 Mar 2024 - present)

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