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LONDON: Amnesty International has denounced the “gruesome” treatment of people in Iran’s justice system after an inmate was sentenced to 60 lashes after a peaceful hunger strike, and had a sentence of amputation upheld despite confessing to a crime under torture. Hadi Rostami, who was convicted of robbery in 2019 after his confession, has attempted suicide twice while in
Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee
, 30, has spent more than 12 years on death row and will be executed next week
As a child he was forced to ‘confess’ to murder after being beaten, kicked, punched and whipped
‘The Iranian authorities are yet again waging an abhorrent assault on children’s rights and making an absolute mockery of juvenile justice’ - Diana Eltahawy
Responding to the Iranian authorities’ plans to execute 30-year-old Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee for a crime that took place when he was 16 years old - and following a conviction based on “confessions” extracted under torture - Diana Eltahawy, Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, said:
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