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Journalist Sexually Abused in Iranian Prison |
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Posted 8/2/2010 at 12:42 PM by Bradlee A in Community Blog
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Reports have surfaced that friend of PeaceJam and reporter for the Defenders of Human Rights Center, Reza Tajik, has been sexually abused at Iran's Evin Prison.
Niusha Boghrati, WorldPress.org wrote:
...reports of intensive abuse and torture continue to pour out from the Islamic Republic's cells and wards, the most shocking being sexual abuses.
In the latest case, according to sources from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, detained journalist and renowned member of Iran's Center of Human Rights Defenders Abdolreza Tajik was forcibly stripped naked and "dishonored" while being interrogated in the presence of Tehran's deputy prosecutor. Details of the alleged offense have not been mentioned by the sources or family members, but the term "dishonored" is often used in Persian culture to describe sexual assault or abuse, including in legal context. |
To read the full article, click here.
We at PeaceJam would like Reza, his friends, and his family to know that we are keeping them in our thoughts. Your struggle for human rights in Iran has not been forgotten.
Please leave your words of encouragement for Reza in a comment or two below.
For more information on PeaceJam's Global Call to Action issue Social Justice and Human Rights for All, click here.
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