Human Rights Watch accuses Iran of abuses against demonstrators protesting the regime

A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses Iran’s government of committing human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests, torture and forced disappearances of protestors.

A new report from Human Rights Watch accuses Iran’s government of committing human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests, torture and forced disappearances of protestors — even children — demonstrating against the regime.

The overnight report comes as Iranians take to the streets protesting the government’s brutality, and as Afsaneh Nadipour — a career Iranian diplomat — takes a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee. The 47-member council investigates allegations of human rights violations by any U.N. member nation.

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Hillel Neuer, who monitors U.N. actions, said Nadipour’s appointment is an example of the U.N. betraying its values and the people of Iran.

"[Nadipour is] representing the Islamic regime of Iran, sitting on a Human Rights Committee that, among other things, is dealing with gender based violence," Neuer told Scripps News. "This is a regime that beats, blinds, tortures and rapes women who have the the audacity to stand up for their human rights. So it's completely Orwellian. It's a travesty of justice."