Qatar Tribune – The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session this week in response to the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
The meeting, to be held in Geneva on Friday, was requested by Germany, Britain, Iceland, Moldova and North Macedonia, the spokesman for the UN body said. The agenda will focus on “the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
The 47-member UN Human Rights Council can draw attention to alleged abuses, adopt resolutions and mandate investigations, but it does not have the power to impose sanctions. Thousands of people are believed to have been killed by security forces during protests against Iran’s authoritarian leadership, which erupted in Tehran on December 28.
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said it has verified nearly 4,000 deaths, with a further almost 9,000 fatalities still under review.
Meanwhile, Iran suspended the publication of the newspaper Ham-Mihan because of two critical articles, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, citing the Islamic Republic’s press regulatory body.
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