The panel of independent rights experts cited credible reports “that many (prisoners in Iran) are at serious risk of torture, ill-treatment and enforced disappearances.”
“Several others face execution, in violation of international due process, the right to a fair trial and the right to life,” the fact-finding mission continued, warning against a repeat of military attacks on Iranian detention centers, such as the Israeli attack on Evin prison last June.
The independent experts who report to the Human Rights Council are not UN staff and do not receive remuneration for their work.
Tired Lebanese face war again
In related developments, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that Seven children have died and 38 have been injured in 24 hours amid an escalation of hostilities across Lebanon.
The death toll comes as new Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah hit multiple areas across the country, causing mass displacement and deepening an already fragile humanitarian situation.
The latest reports indicate that Israeli evacuation orders have been issued in communities in southern Lebanon affecting five percent of the population: some 250,000 people living south of the Litani River.
In the last 24 hours, Nearly 60,000 people, including 18,000 children, have been recently displaced.joining the tens of thousands already uprooted from their homes. More than 12,000 families have found shelter in at least 300 open shelters across the country, and dozens of them are already at full capacity.
“No child should ever die or be left to bear the physical and emotional scars of violence that will last a lifetime.”said Marcoluigi Corsi, UNICEF Representative in Lebanon.
UNICEF’s response plan requires $48 million to reach one million people in need, but only 16 percent of the funding has been received to date.
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