Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush

[danieldemol]

Iran: More than 100 protesters believed to be killed as top officials give green light to crush protests

'Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony from people on the ground and information gathered from human rights activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern of unlawful killings by Iranian security forces, which have used excessive and lethal force to crush largely peaceful protests in more than 100 cities across Iran sparked by a hike in fuel prices on 15 November, said Amnesty International today.

At least 106 protesters in 21 cities have been killed, according to credible reports received by Amnesty International. The organization believes that the real death toll may be much higher, with some reports suggesting as many as 200 have been killed. State media have reported only a handful of protester deaths, as well as the deaths of at least four members of the security forces.'

Iranian security forces are using lethal force to crush protests

 

[sun rise]

It's a bad time in some nations to believe in freedom. Iran is one example. China is much worse with their attacks on Muslims. Other nations are no picnics either.

 

[Notanumber]

One has to wonder which is worse, China or Islam.

 

[Spirit of Light]

One has to wonder which is worse, China or Islam.

China`s treatment of religious people who want to leave communist party is horrible. Take the example of Falun Gong practitioners who get tortured, or killed because they cultivate their mind and body.
Or the fact that muslims there too are tortured and killed.

Yes Iran is a horrible place for many too no doubt about that, But Communist party in China is doing their evil deeds mostly in hiding from media.

 

[Stevicus]

One has to wonder which is worse, China or Islam.

Well, at least China confines their atrocities to within their own borders.

 

[Revoltingest]

Well, at least China confines their atrocities to within their own borders.

Tibet would disagree.

 

[Stevicus]

Tibet would disagree.

Tibet is considered to be within China's borders.

 

[Revoltingest]

Tibet is considered to be within China's borders.

I expected that response.
But Tibetans would still disagree, their having been conquered & subsumed notwithstanding.

 

[Stevicus]

I expected that response.
But Tibetans would still disagree, their having been conquered & subsumed notwithstanding.

Yeah, well, they're not the only ones who have suffered such a fate.

Don't get me wrong. I don't support China, at least not nearly as much as US capitalists do. But in terms of geopolitical mischief, they seem far better behaved in recent times than Iran or several other countries I can name.

 

[Spirit of Light]

Tibet is considered to be within China's borders.

Tibet is not a part of China, But China has treated Tibet as if it is the leaders of China that rule over Tibet. And they have done so for many years and even made Dalai lama have to run away from Tibet.

 

[Revoltingest]

Yeah, well, they're not the only ones who have suffered such a fate.

Don't get me wrong. I don't support China, at least not nearly as much as US capitalists do. But in terms of geopolitical mischief, they seem far better behaved in recent times than Iran or several other countries I can name.

We'll agree to disagree.

 

[Stevicus]

Tibet is not a part of China, But China has treated Tibet as if it is the leaders of China that rule over Tibet. And they have done so for many years and even made Dalai lama have to run away from Tibet.

Well, they do rule over Tibet. That still remains fact, even if some people believe that Tibet should be independent. The issue between China and Tibet goes back centuries; it wasn't something that started with the Communist Chinese. Even the exiled Nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan believes they still control Tibet.

 

[Stevicus]

We'll agree to disagree.

Very well

 

[Spirit of Light]

Well, they do rule over Tibet. That still remains fact, even if some people believe that Tibet should be independent. The issue between China and Tibet goes back centuries; it wasn't something that started with the Communist Chinese. Even the exiled Nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan believes they still control Tibet.

Well, the pressure on tibet become very bad when communists took power in China, and it is not only Tibet they hurt, as i said earlier, Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China are killed, sent to prison, followed, bullied,tortured. So I have no good to say about Communism.

 

[Stevicus]

Well, the pressure on tibet become very bad when communists took power in China, and it is not only Tibet they hurt, as i said earlier, Falun Gong practitioners in mainland China are killed, sent to prison, followed, bullied,tortured. So I have no good to say about Communism.

I don't deny this, and in retrospect, it may have been a bizarre comparison to make, at least in comparing China to Iran.

I see both countries as quasi-nationalistic, and that may explain what's going on.

 

[Notanumber]

Well, at least China confines their atrocities to within their own borders.

I would not want to live under the control of either one.

 

[Stevicus]

I would not want to live under the control of either one.

Neither would I.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

One has to wonder which is worse, China or Islam.

Unhelpful bigoted garbage like this ^. You hate Islam, we get it. Try a different tune for once.

 

[Cooky]

Unhelpful bigoted garbage like this ^. You hate Islam, we get it. Try a different tune for once.

Why can't we hold opinions of our own and share them?

We're not hurting anyone. We're obstructing hardness. An angelic task.

 

[Cooky]

I reject all hardness! Whether it be Islam, State Communism, or any other kind of organized hardness.