Iran: abuse

Sana News reported that two teenagers of 16 and 17 year, after they had been arrested at a footballmatch in Tabriz, were sexually abused by personnel of Tabriz SSF Intelligence Agency.
The prisoners, who wish to remain anonymous were also foltered.
Reports say that this happened many times more in the past few months with younger detainees.
In the past these and similar things also happened to Azari-activists and detainees in the Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence Agency.
source: freedomessenger



According to a statement of Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope will the Green Movement boycott the forthcoming parliamentary elections in March 2012. Despite the warnings of the past two years, there is no hope that the upcoming elections would be held freely and fairly.
Last week, Ali Mohammad Gharibani, president of Coordination Council of the Reformist Front, announced that the reformist factions would not be participating in the parliamentary race in March.
source: en.greenvoice.com


The Supreme Court reduced the deathsentence of Kurdish prisoner of conscience Zeinab Jalalian, into life in prison.
In 2009 she was sentenced to death on charges of membership in PJAK and armed operations.
It was proven that she was not involved in any armed activities and this is why the Supreme Court overturned her sentence.
source: iranhumanrights.org


Eng. translation of the Parties and Associations Law Reform Plan

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In Iran there are childoffenders, still on death row.

Children are being hanged to death.
A child will be hanged to death.
Poster amnesty.nl