Breathing in Confinement

Hamshahri newspaper admits detention of at least 300 protesters in Susangerd

5-August-2021

Category: Prisoners

5-August-2021

Newsgroup: Prisoners –

Breathing in Confinement: Hamshahri newspaper, in a report on the uprisings in Khuzestan against the water crisis, admitted the arrest of 300 protesters only in the city of Susangerd. In this report, referring to the peaceful gathering of “12,000 people”, violence and the use of force have been attributed to the “non-indigenous special police forces”.

 

According to Breathing in Confinement, the news organ of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Hamshahri newspaper confessed to the violent treatment of peaceful protesters in Khuzestan. The report said: Given that the protests were peaceful, why did a special unit enter the city and use force? Some people had just gone out to watch what was happening. The police escalated the violence. People said about a teenage grocer who went home with bloody face or an innocent milkman whose arm was broken.”

 

The report however, does not mention the number of wounded protesters, their conditions in hospitals or those among them who have been detained despite being wounded.

 

The report claims that violence started from the fourth day. Whereas the human rights activists in Khuzestan say that security forces have resorted to violence since the very first day, and that the names of two protesters who were shot dead were announced by local sources on the second day.

 

The report acknowledged the widespread participation of the people in the protests, saying: “In the recent protests in Khuzestan, in the city of Susangerd, the number of participants in the peaceful protest rally reached 12,000 …”.

 

In addition, the report admitted the high number of arrests by acknowledging the detention of 300 protesters only in the city of Susangerd. The report also admitted the violent treatment of peaceful protesters by security forces.

 

 

Breathing in Confinement has published a comprehensive report on the protests of the people of Khuzestan as well as the supports they received.