{"id":5369,"date":"2022-11-26T16:45:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T16:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enews.sotout.com\/u-n-condemns-irans-crackdown-on-protests-establishes-probe-into-alleged-abuses\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T16:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T16:45:43","slug":"u-n-condemns-irans-crackdown-on-protests-establishes-probe-into-alleged-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/u-n-condemns-irans-crackdown-on-protests-establishes-probe-into-alleged-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. condemns Iran’s crackdown on protests, establishes probe into alleged abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.N. Human Rights Council voted Thursday to condemn the bloody crackdown on peaceful protests in Iran<\/a> and create an independent fact-finding mission to investigate alleged abuses, particularly those committed against women and children.<\/p>\n

A resolution put forward by Germany and Iceland was backed by 25 countries, including the United States and many European, Latin American, Asian and African nations. Six countries opposed the move \u2014 China, Pakistan, Cuba, Eritrea, Venezuela and Armenia \u2014 while 16 abstained.<\/p>\n

The United Nations<\/a>\u2019 top human rights official had earlier appealed to Iran\u2019s government to halt the crackdown against protesters, but Tehran\u2019s envoy at a special Human Rights Council on the country\u2019s \u201cdeteriorating\u201d rights situation was defiant and unbowed, blasting the initiative as \u201cpolitically motivated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The protests were triggered by the death, more than two months ago, of Mahsa Amini<\/a> who was arrested by morality police on Sept. 13 for allegedly violating the country\u2019s strictly enforced Islamic dress code. She died in hospital three days later.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s session in Geneva is the latest international effort to put pressure on Iran over its crackdown, which has already drawn international sanctions and other measures.<\/p>\n

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who was on hand, said the situation presented \u201ca test of our courage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe United Nations were founded to protect the sovereignty of every state, but a regime that uses this power to violate the rights of its own people is violating the values of our United Nations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn many occasions, we have called upon Iran to respect these rights to stop the violent crackdown on protesters, the bloodshed, the arbitrary killing, the mass arrests, the death penalties,\u201d Baerbock said. \u201cThe only answer we received was more violence, more death.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Protesters wave Iranian pre-Islamic revolution flags in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Thursday. <\/span>Valentin Flauraud \/ AFP – Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Khadijeh Karimi, deputy of Iran\u2019s vice president for Women and Family Affairs, criticized the Western effort as part of a \u201cpolitically motivated move of Germany to distort the situation of human rights in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets that the Human Rights Council is abused once again by some arrogant states to antagonize a sovereign U.N. member state that is fully committed to its obligation to promote and protect the human rights,\u201d Karimi said.<\/p>\n

She trumpeted her government\u2019s efforts to foster the role of women in the workplace and higher education and accused Western countries of turning a blind eye to rights abuses in places like Yemen, Palestinian areas, or against indigenous peoples in Canada \u2014 which the Canadian government has acknowledged.<\/p>\n

Karimi acknowledged the \u201cunfortunate decease\u201d of Amini and said \u201cnecessary measures\u201d were taken afterward, including a creation of a parliamentary investigative commission. She accused Western countries of stoking riots and violence by intervening in Iran\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n

The U.N. human rights chief, Volker T\u00fcrk, expressed concerns that Iran\u2019s government has not been listening to the world community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of Iran, from all walks of life across ethnicities, across ages, are demanding change. These protests are rooted in long standing denials of freedoms, in legal and structural inequalities, in lack of access to information and Internet shutdowns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI call on the authorities immediately to stop using violence and harassment against peaceful protesters and to release all those arrested for peacefully protesting, as well as crucially, to impose a moratorium on the death penalty,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaking in Geneva. <\/span>Martial Trezzini \/ AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The proposal by Germany and Iceland aimed to ratchet up scrutiny that for years as been carried out by the 47-member-state council\u2019s \u201cspecial rapporteur\u201d on Iran, whose efforts have been shunned by the Islamic Republic\u2019s leaders. <\/p>\n

Western diplomats say Tehran has led a quiet push in Geneva and beyond to try to avoid any further scrutiny through the new council resolution being considered on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The council will now set up a \u201cfact-finding mission\u201d to investigate rights violations \u201cespecially with respect to women and children\u201d linked to the protests that erupted on Sept. 16. It also demands that Tehran cooperate with the special rapporteur, such as by granting access to areas inside Iranian territory, including places of detention.<\/p>\n

The team would be expected to report back to the council in mid-2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n
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