{"id":10119,"date":"2011-03-19T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-19T10:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/10119-amnesty-international-calls-for-investigation-into-iran-prison-murders"},"modified":"2023-01-14T01:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T00:45:41","slug":"amnesty-international-calls-for-investigation-into-iran-prison-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/amnesty-international-calls-for-investigation-into-iran-prison-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International calls for investigation into Iran prison murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"amnesty_logo\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-36816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/02\/amnesty_logo.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"150\" style=\"margin: 5px;float: left\" \/>NCRI \u2013 The prominent human rights group Amnesty International released a statement this week condemning the Iranian regime\u2019s murder of inmates at a prison in Karaj, and called for investigations by competent international authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many prisoners at Qezelhesar prison are reported to have died after the regime\u2019s agents opened fire on them in a barbaric act to quell a disturbance on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>An Amnesty official said \u201csuch a high death toll is extremely worrying,\u201d according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of Amnesty International\u2019s Middle East and North Africa Programme, added, \u201cA prompt inquiry into these deaths is essential \u2026 we are once again calling on the international community to use the current session of the UN Human Rights Council to create a Special Rapporteur to monitor and report on human rights in the Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; The prominent human rights group Amnesty International released a 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