Source: https://freedomhouse.org/article/iran-release-detainees-uphold-citizens-fundamental-freedoms
Washington
January 9, 2018
In response to Iranian authorities’
detention of more than 2,000 demonstrators in the protests that began December
28 against government corruption and other economic and political issues,
Freedom House issued the following statement:
“Iranian authorities should release
the detainees, who were exercising their rights to freely assemble and express
themselves,” said Dokhi Fassihian, senior program manager for Middle East and
North Africa programs at Freedom House. “The deaths of at least three
protestors while in custody raise urgent concerns about the treatment of
detainees at the hands of security forces. Denying the Iranian people their
fundamental freedoms and political rights is what started this crisis.
Repression will not solve it.”
Iran is rated
Not Free in Freedom in the World 2017,
Not Free in Freedom of the Press 2017,
and Not Free in Freedom on the Net 2017.
Freedom
House is an independent watchdog organization that supports democratic change,
monitors the status of freedom around the world, and advocates for democracy
and human rights.
