08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Man sentenced to have his eyes surgically removed ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46058],  [ID 18466]

"In June a court sentenced a man to have his eyes surgically removed for a crime he committed 12 years earlier, when he was 16. The Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) of the UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs quoted human rights specialists as saying that while such unusual sentences were occasionally passed by Islamic courts, they were rarely implemented; rather they were used as leverage to set blood money."

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13.02.2004 - Source: Amnesty International

Freelance journalist who has been in prison for over a year reportedly subjected to treatment amounting to torture (sensory deprivation) ("Iran - Further Information on UA 88/03") [#19412],  [ID 8644]

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10.05.2002 - Source: Amnesty International

Ill-treatment of a 72-year old man in custody documented/ possible extrajudicial execution ("Iran - UA 298/01") [#6885],  [ID 8645]

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04.06.2001 - Source: BBC News

Veteran dissident, jailed in January for attending a conference in Germany on Iran's reforms, believed to be subjected to psychological torture ("Iranian dissident 'confesses'") [#1991],  [ID 8646]

Document(s): 00079.htm
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20.05.2001 - Source: BBC News

Reformist student leader believed to be drugged or psychologically undermined by months of sensory depravation in solitary confinement since his arrest last November ("Iran cleric escapes death sentence") [#1764],  [ID 8647]

Document(s): 00015.htm
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08.09.2000 - Source: Amnesty International

Iran: Medical letter writing action: "Eye-for-an-eye" sentence: Fear of punitive surgery: Gholamhossein Aryabakhshahyesh ("Iran: Medical letter writing action: "Eye-for-an-eye" sentence: Fear of punitive surgery: Gholamhossein Aryabakhshahyesh") [#822],  [ID 8648]

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