Radio Free Europe | Dec. 9, 2020
Amnesty International has hailed a letter sent by UN experts to the Iranian government pressing for accountability over notorious prison massacres of dissidents in 1988. The human rights experts warned in their letter that past and ongoing violations related to the massacres “may amount to crimes against humanity,” Amnesty International said on December 9 in a news release. Amnesty International and other rights groups have long pushed for accountability over what they describe as the extrajudicial executions of thousands of mainly young people across Iran in 1988 just as the war with Iraq was ending. Those killed were mainly supporters of the People’s Mujahedin of Iran. The experts call for independent investigations into all cases, the return of human remains to their families, and the prosecution of the perpetrators among other things. The UN confirmed the contents of the letter, which is only now being made public. Read more…