Overview
- An independent rights monitor, HRANA, reported a verified toll of 2,003 deaths as of January 13, with a separate Reuters source citing roughly 2,000.
- Doctors and nurses describe emergency rooms packed with gunshot victims, severe supply shortages, and morgues beyond capacity, with staff collapsing from exhaustion.
- An anonymous doctor told RFE/RL that security forces stormed hospitals and killed wounded protesters; RFE/RL says it could not independently verify the allegation.
- Verified footage and eyewitness accounts indicate security forces fired live rounds and metal pellets, with reports of deliberate targeting of eyes and heads.
- Authorities have shut down internet and phone service nationwide, limiting independent reporting and slowing confirmation of casualties and arrests.