Sexual Harassment and Rape of Students in Marivan Corps and Intelligence Detention Centers

Sexual Harassment and Rape of Students in Marivan Corps and Intelligence Detention Centers
2019-12-29

Sexual Harassment and Rape of Students in Marivan Corps and Intelligence Detention Centers

View of the protests in the city of Marivan
View of the protests in the city of Marivan
Mesopotamia Kurdistan News

2019-12-29

Kurdish Human Rights Network, citing eyewitnesses and informed sources, reported sexual harassment and the threat of rape of at least three juvenile students arrested during the November protests in the city.






The network reported on Sunday, January 5, that "many children under the age of 5 arrested during the protests in Marivan on November 9 and 9" were detained for several days at the Sepah detention center for "severe physical and psychological torture". Are.
According to the report, “at least three male students were raped with tools such as batons and sexually assaulted. The three students were released on bail after a few days and threatened by security investigators that they should not discuss the issue of physical torture or sexual abuse with anyone. "
Following the nationwide protests of November 9, in many cities of Kurdistan and Iran, security forces and the military of the Islamic Republic launched a massive crackdown on civilian violence. According to independent media reports and human rights organizations and news sources, the crackdown on protesters in Kurdistan and Khuzestan provinces was more severe than anywhere else and Marivan had one of the highest casualties and arrests.
Protesters continue arrests in various provinces of Iran Hundreds have been killed and thousands arrested in protests. Reuters news agency reported at least nine people were killed in a nationwide protest shortly before the killing.
Officials in the Islamic Republic have not yet announced the death toll and arrests