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Iran: Kahrizak, a prison from Hell

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 @ 19:21 UTC

by Hamid Tehrani

Countries:: Iran
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Governance, Human Rights, Protest, Politics

Iranian authorities shut down Kahrizak, a prison in Tehran where the election protestors were held. Kodan Ba Estedad shares one ‘victim's story of torture in Kahrizak.

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[...] of bruised bodies by the government and testimonials by those held at the Kahrizak prison, which Global Voices reported yesterday was shut down by the government. The government also released 140 prisoners as another [...]

# 2009-07-29 at 14:16 pm
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[...] A reformist MP, who belongs to the Imam’s Way faction, has alleged that the man responsible for Kahrizak was Hossein Fedaie, an MP from Tehran and the head of Council of Sacrificers (Jamiyat Eesargaran). [...]

# 2009-08-16 at 7:45 am

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