Stymied by Protests, Iran Unleashes Its Wrath on Its Youth

Posted on AllSides November 14th, 2022
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Amnesty International

One girl, a 14-year-old, was incarcerated in an adult prison alongside drug offenders. A 16-year-old boy had his nose broken in detention after a beating by security officers. A 13-year-old girl was physically attacked by plainclothes militia who raided her school.

A brutal crackdown by the authorities in Iran trying to halt protests calling for social freedom and political change that have convulsed the country for the past two months has exacted a terrible toll on the nation’s youth, according to lawyers in Iran and rights activists familiar with the...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/world/middleeast/iran-protests-children.html

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