Civil rights

 Civil rights in Iran

    Iran is a beautiful country, but it has some major human rights issues such as the freedom of expression and assembly. You are prohibited to protest even if it is completely peaceful. As an example, I am going to use something that happened in January just last year, there was a peaceful protest being held for the Ukrainian plane crash victims. The protesters had to deal with airgun pellets, rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper spray, and being beat and arrested. Another flaw in their civil rights is their systemic ill-treatment and torture. Irans police and security services use torture methods like flogging, prolonged solitary confinement, beatings, the use of electroshock, and forced chemical substances. They use this for crimes such as assault and theft, they also use this for people of the lgbtqia community. The Penal Code went further in exposing them are allowed to use flogging, blinding, amputation, stoning, and crucifixion. The prisons are also a big issue. Many prisons, especially in Covid-19 were overcrowded, unsanitary, limited water and food, poor ventilation, and pest control. Between February and May of last year, they released 128,000 prisoners, and pardoned 10,000, due to Covid-19. Leaked letters found the Ministry of Health ignoring the request for sanitary substances such as disinfectant and protective medical gear. On top of this, the inequality of women to men is astronomical, and the inequality of lgbtqia to cishet is night and day. The lgbtqia is legally allowed to be giving the death penalty.  

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