GENEVA, June 22 The United Nations today urged Iran to halt plans to amputate the fingers of eight prisoners and called on Tehran to do away with any form of corporal.
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The prisoners are Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharafian, Mehdi Shahivand, Yaghoub Fazeli, Amir Shirmard, Morteza Jalili, Ebrahim Rafiei, and one prisoner whose name has not been disclosed.
Two human rights groups have warned that eight men convicted of theft and currently held at the Greater Tehran Prison are at imminent risk of having their fingers amputated amid reports that another inmate incurred a similar punishment in recent days.