Iran: Silence Over Prison Beatings

Email Iran’s judiciary should reveal the result of any investigation of the reports that prison guards severely beat several dozen political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin Prison in April 2014. The authorities should discipline all those responsible for using unjustified force, regardless of rank or position. They should also immediately and unconditionally release anyone held for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights. (Beirut) – Iran’s judiciary should reveal the result of any investigation of the reports that prison guards severely beat several dozen political prisoners in…

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