Iran: Quash death sentences of young protesters subjected to gruesome torture

By Amnesty International

The Iranian authorities must immediately quash the unjust convictions and death sentences of three young protesters who were subjected to gruesome torture including floggings, electric shocks, being hung upside down and death threats at gunpoint, Amnesty International said today. The organization learned that Revolutionary Guards agents raped one of them and sexually tortured another by […] The post Iran: Quash death sentences of young protesters subjected to gruesome torture appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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