A human rights watchdog accused Iran’s intelligence and security forces on Thursday of torturing children arrested as part of the brutal crackdown on the country’s anti-regime protests.
Amnesty International said in a report that children as young as 12 were subjected to “beatings, flogging, electric shocks, rape and other sexual violence” while in detention.
The report’s release marks six months since a popular uprising erupted in Iran after the suspicious death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, following her arrest for violating the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women.
Iranian authorities have responded to the protests with a violent crackdown, killing hundreds of protesters while detaining thousands of others. They also handed death sentences to at least 109 protesters, according to the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights group. Four men are known to have been executed so far on charges related to civil unrest.
Read more: Al-Monitor
