Geneva (EFE) morality” for failing to comply with Iran’s strict dress code.
Rehman argued that this murder and the subsequent repression of the protests derived from it could be considered crimes against humanity.
“Amini’s death was not an isolated event, but the latest in a series of acts of extreme violence against women and girls,” said the rapporteur at the presentation of a report at the UN Human Rights Council that was is meeting in Geneva.
In this sense, Rehman assured that human rights violations in Iran increased in 2022, especially after the murder of the young woman.
According to the UN, some 500 people were sentenced to death that year, including two minors and thirteen women.
So far in 2023, Iran has already executed 143 individuals.
The rapporteur was also very concerned about the mass poisonings in girls’ schools, as well as the persecution and discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities in the country, particularly the Kurdish, Baloch and Baha’i communities.