Iranian Authorities’ Terrorizing People Continues: Public Amputation of A Young Man’s Fingers- IHR Urges International Community To React
Iran Human Rights, January 24: Iranian authorities’ campaign of public medieval punishments continues. According to the state run Iranian news agencies amputation verdict of a prisoner was carried out in public in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran).
According to the report, the prisoner was a 29 year old man identified as "A. S. H." and was sentenced to "amputation of four fingers of the right hand" and three years in prison for and 99 lashes for immoral relationship.
The chief prosecutor of Shiraz warned that similar sentences of several other prisoners will be carried out in the near future.
Iranian authorities have increased implementation of public sentences such as lashing, executions and amputations in the recent months. Two young men were hanged publicly on 20th January for mugging in Tehran.
Iran Human Rights condemns today’s barbaric public punishment and urges the international community to react. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said:”It seems that the Iranian authorities’ campaign of terrorizing the people through public medieval punishments doesn’t know any limits. Unless the international community show strong reactions, we are afraid that Iranian people, and especially children will have to watch more public hangings, lashings and amputations as we get closer to the Presidential elections in June 2013".
Amiry-Moghaddam continued: "We urge the UN, EU and all countries with diplomatic ties with Iran to condemn these barbaric punishments immediately. Iranian leadership among them the Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and head of the Judiciary Javad Larijani must be kept accountable for these crimes".
According to the report, the prisoner was a 29 year old man identified as "A. S. H." and was sentenced to "amputation of four fingers of the right hand" and three years in prison for and 99 lashes for immoral relationship.
The chief prosecutor of Shiraz warned that similar sentences of several other prisoners will be carried out in the near future.
Iranian authorities have increased implementation of public sentences such as lashing, executions and amputations in the recent months. Two young men were hanged publicly on 20th January for mugging in Tehran.
Iran Human Rights condemns today’s barbaric public punishment and urges the international community to react. Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, the spokesperson of IHR said:”It seems that the Iranian authorities’ campaign of terrorizing the people through public medieval punishments doesn’t know any limits. Unless the international community show strong reactions, we are afraid that Iranian people, and especially children will have to watch more public hangings, lashings and amputations as we get closer to the Presidential elections in June 2013".
Amiry-Moghaddam continued: "We urge the UN, EU and all countries with diplomatic ties with Iran to condemn these barbaric punishments immediately. Iranian leadership among them the Supreme leader Ali Khamenei, and head of the Judiciary Javad Larijani must be kept accountable for these crimes".
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