Etemadmeli: “Parliament to investigate the death of 12 year old demonstrator”

          
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          Etemadmeli: “Parliament to investigate the death of 12 year old demonstrator”
          Etemadmeli (Karroubi's official newspaper) reports that a member of the investigation committee of the Iranian parliament
          has indicated that the parliament intends to investigate the death of a 12 year old boy who died as a result of getting hit on
          the head by a baton. Hamid Reza Katozian
          Ali Reza, whose last name is not provided in the article, was attending the demonstrations that took place last week on
          Thursday with his father. These demonstrations were held in Tehran's cemetery (Behesht Zahra) to commemorate the
          passing away of those that died during the demonstrations. Ali Reza reportedly got separated from his father and was fatally
          hit in the head with a riot police officer's baton.
          His body was held for a period of four days by authorities before being returned to his family on Monday. According to
          Iranian officials, Ali Reza is the first child to die during the demonstrations.
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          This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 10:38 am and is filed under Events in Iran, Human Rights in Iran, Iran Election 2009 . You can
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