Archive for the ‘Report’ Category
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Aug
16
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Iran: Investigate Security Chiefs in Post-Election Abuse
Nature, Scale of Abuses Indicate Coordinated Efforts Ordered at Highest Levels
(Human Rights Watch | 14 August 2009) - The Iranian government should investigate the nation’s top security officials to determine whether attacks on demonstrators and detainees following the disputed June 12, 2009 election were ordered and coordinated at the highest levels, Human Rights Watch said today. Read the rest of this entry »
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Aug
10
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Torture and Ill-Treatment Systematic, Not Result of “Negligence” and “Carelessness”
Independent investigation urgently needed to establish the truth
(International Campaign for Human Rights In Iran | 10 August 2009) - While Iranian authorities have claimed that abuse of detainees arrested for participating in peaceful demonstrations, or simply on the basis of their political beliefs, has been the result of “negligence” and “carelessness,” the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said the abuse was systematic and reflected a policy of suppressing dissent, intimidating the population, and corroborating charges by producing false confessions. Read the rest of this entry »
