The Iranian protester allegedly yelled out that he couldn't breathe when a police officer placed his knee on his back, before passing out.
Hamid, an Iranian protester, said he was hospitalised after a violent altercation with police when standing outside the Iranian Embassy in Canberra.An man has been allegedly hospitalised after police allegedly assaulted him outside the Iran embassy.
Iranian Australians say they've been left speechless after a protester's altercation with Australian Federal Police left a man hospitalised, likening the "brutality" to the same experienced by protesters in Iran. Speaking from his hospital bed in a video sent to SBS News, Hamid said AFP officers wanted to remove him because he was "suspicious".
The officer allegedly then pressed his knee in his pelvic area. Hamid's fellow protesters soon returned to the area to find him unresponsive on the floor., triggering a wave of civil unrest in Iran.He also said he received prior confirmation from another AFP officer that he could legally protest across the road from the embassy if he didn't hold anything in his hands."I'm very shocked, I'm very disappointed ...
"The person complained of back pain after he was handcuffed. Those handcuffs were removed and an ambulance was called."The incident has been referred to the AFP's internal integrity unit to investigate whether Hamid's injuries were a result of the police altercation."We’re here protesting the brutality of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , and are left speechless today after facing the same brutality here in Australia," she said.
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