Aban Tribunal is ‘urgent and necessary’ to give justice and accountability for the victims’ families, says Justice for Iran (14 November 2020, London) An international People’s Tribunal, the Aban Tribunal, to investigate atrocities that took place in Iran exactly one year ago has been established
Iran International: One year ago, the Islamic Republic’s security forces violently suppressed Iran’s most widespread protest demonstrations ever. The protests took place across 30 of Iran’s 31 provinces and the crackdown was the bloodiest of its kind in four decades. The government never announced the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMVdVeBMVRY&t=59s Widespread torture including beatings, floggings, electric shocks, stress positions, mock executions, waterboarding, sexual violence, forced administration of chemical substances, and deprivation of medical care Hundreds subjected to grossly unfair trials on baseless national security charges Death sentences issued based on torture-tainted “confessions” Iran’s police,
The Tribunal’s launch was officially announced on the anniversary of the atrocities (15-17 November 2020). The hearings will be held from 10-14th November 2021 in London, with the Tribunal’s Judgment to be announced in early 2022.
